<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir="ltr"> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> > I think we already discussed this same patch in previous emails</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-size: 11pt;">> (Aug-Oct 2023) at</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-size: 11pt;">> <a href="https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2023-October/279390.html" id="OWA0d02b5ab-6d0e-a01e-d8a2-a72ddf3bae63" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable"> https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2023-October/279390.html</a> and</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-size: 11pt;">> concluded that it is not needed ?<br> > Did anything change from then ?<br> <br> <span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Yes, Nithin, we found a way to distinguish the modes by looking into the next header field.</span></div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> And we definitely need RTE_PTYPE_INNER_L4_ESP for ESP over UDP support.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Having RTE_PTYPE_INNER_TUNNEL_ESP for this case doesn't make sense,</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and, I think, it is better to introduce two L4 types for ESP now. What are your thoughts on this?</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br> </div> </body> </html>