netdev - Re: [patch net-next RFC 10/12] openvswitch: add support for datapath hardware offload

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Message-ID: <54008C47.5040503@mojatatu.com>
Date:	Fri, 29 Aug 2014 10:20:55 -0400
From:	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next RFC 10/12] openvswitch: add support for datapath
 hardware offload

On 08/26/14 16:54, Thomas Graf wrote:
> On 08/26/14 at 01:13pm, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
>> I think it's important distinction. In-kernel OVS is not OF.
>> It's a networking function that has hard-coded packet parser,
>> N-tuple match and programmable actions.
>> There were times when HW vendors were using OF check-box
>> to sell more chips, but at the end there is not a single HW
>> that is fully OF compliant. OF brand is still around, but
>> OF 2.0 is not tcam+action anymore.
>> Imo trying to standardize HW offload interface based on OF 1.x
>> principles is strange.


I actually have no issues with whatever classifier someone decides
to use. To each their poison. But I do take issue mandating the
specified classifer it as THE CLASSIFIER as in this case,
is where i start taking issue. I have a few things that i offload
to hardware with speacilized classifiers such that i object strongly
to the approach this driver has taken.

cheers,
jamal
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