[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/5] ethdev: negotiate delivery of packet metadata from HW to PMD

[Ajit Khaparde]

On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 8:56 AM Ivan Malov <ivan.malov at oktetlabs.ru> wrote:
>
> Provide an API to let the application control the NIC's ability
> to deliver specific kinds of per-packet metadata to the PMD.
>
> Checks for the NIC's ability to set these kinds of metadata
> in the first place (support for the flow actions) belong in
> flow API responsibility domain (flow validate mechanism).
> This topic is out of scope of the new API in question.
>
> The PMD's ability to deliver received metadata to the user
> by virtue of mbuf fields should be covered by mbuf library.
> It is also out of scope of the new API in question.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Malov <ivan.malov at oktetlabs.ru>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Moreton <amoreton at xilinx.com>
> Acked-by: Ray Kinsella <mdr at ashroe.eu>
> Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>

Acked-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>