linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: ethtool add VxLAN to the NFC API

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Message-ID: <20220817111656.7f4afaf3@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 17 Aug 2022 11:16:56 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Guangbin Huang <huangguangbin2@...wei.com>
Cc:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <idosch@...dia.com>,
        <linux@...pel-privat.de>, <mkubecek@...e.cz>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <lipeng321@...wei.com>, <shenjian15@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: ethtool add VxLAN to the NFC API

On Wed, 17 Aug 2022 22:35:36 +0800 Guangbin Huang wrote:
> This series adds support for steering VxLAN flows using the ethtool NFC
> interface, and implements it for hns3 devices.

Why can't TC be used for this? Let's not duplicate the same
functionality in two places, TC flower can already match on 
tunnel headers.