[PATCH v5 13/25] net/nfp: support SRC MAC flow action

[Chaoyong He]

> On 10/20/2022 3:19 AM, Chaoyong He wrote:
> > Add the corresponding data structure and logics, to support the
> > offload of set source MAC action.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Chaoyong He <chaoyong.he at corigine.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund at corigine.com>
> 
> <...>
> 
> > +		case RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_MAC_SRC:
> > +			PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "Process
> RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_MAC_SRC");
> > +			nfp_flow_action_set_mac(position, action, true,
> mac_set_flag);
> > +			if (!mac_set_flag) {
> > +				position += sizeof(struct nfp_fl_act_set_eth);
> > +				mac_set_flag = true;
> > +			}
> 
> Hi Andrew, Ori,
> 
> I can see 'RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_MAC_SRC' and many  other
> marked as legacy and reference to
> 'RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_MODIFY_FIELD'.
> 
> What is the expectation from PMD developers for this?
> 
> User still can provide these legacy actions, right? So should PMD implement
> both legacy and new ones?

From my side, we trying to implement the basic offload in this DPDK release, and complete
the missing pieces in the next few DPDK releases.

The support of 'RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_MODIFY_FIELD' is in the very next project after
this series.