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Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 13:43:54 +0100 From: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com> To: Yotam Gigi <yotamg@...lanox.com> Cc: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>, Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>, Elad Raz <eladr@...lanox.com>, Nogah Frankel <nogahf@...lanox.com>, Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>, "jhs@...atatu.com" <jhs@...atatu.com>, "geert+renesas@...der.be" <geert+renesas@...der.be>, "stephen@...workplumber.org" <stephen@...workplumber.org>, "xiyou.wangcong@...il.com" <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>, "linux@...ck-us.net" <linux@...ck-us.net>, "roopa@...ulusnetworks.com" <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com> Subject: Re: [patch net-next 5/8] Introduce sample tc action On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 08:28:50AM +0000, Yotam Gigi wrote: ... > John, as a result of your question I realized that our hardware does do > randomized sampling that I was not aware of. I will use the extensibility of > the API and implement a random keyword, that will be offloaded in our > hardware. Those changes will be sent on v2. > > Eventually, your question was very relevant :) Thanks! Perhaps I am missing the point but why not just make random the default and implement the inverse as an extension if it turns out to be needed in future?
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