[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5] ethdev: mtr: support protocol based input color selection

[Jerin Jacob]

On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 1:06 PM Andrew Rybchenko
<andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru> wrote:
>
> Hi Jerin,

Hi Andrew,

>
> On 5/1/22 17:46, jerinj at marvell.com wrote:
> > From: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
> >
> > Currently, meter object supports only DSCP based on input color table,
> > The patch enhance that to support VLAN based input color table,
> > color table based on inner field for the tunnel use case, and
> > support for fallback color per meter if packet based on a different field.
> >
> > All of the above features are exposed through capability and added
> > additional capability to specify the implementation supports
> > more than one input color table per ethdev port.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
>
> the patch LGTM, but I have a couple of questions to clarify:
>
> 1. Will we have API usage patches in the release cycle (I guess
>     testpmd)?
>
> 2. Will we have net driver patches which add support for
>     new driver callbacks and advertise added capabilities?

Yes. Both will be there for this release. Most likely post rc1.

We have testpmd, cnxk driver changes for the v1 version of the
spec[1]. We will update both for the latest spec version.(We just
awaiting for spec to merge)

[1]
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20220301090056.1042866-3-skori@marvell.com/
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20220301090056.1042866-2-skori@marvell.com/

>
> Thanks,
> Andrew.