[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 29/53] net/sfc/base: request info about outer frame in Rx events

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Mon Nov 27 20:57:52 CET 2017


On 11/16/2017 12:04 AM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> From: Mark Spender <mspender at solarflare.com>
> 
> For encapsulated packets, the firmware gives info about the inner frame
> fields by default. When not using encapsulation offload, ask for info
> about the outer frame instead.
> 
> Unless bug69842 is fixed, a driver reload will be needed, at least

I guess this is your internal bug tracking id, this is not very useful in commit
log since we don't have access to it.

Leaving it as it is, but it would be more useful to describe defect here instead
of referring to its id.

> on some platforms, when switching from full-featured to low-latency
> firmware (though users are unlikely to hit that).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Spender <mspender at solarflare.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>

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