netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 11/12] nfp: add flower app

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Message-ID: <20170621095933.GC6691@vergenet.net>
Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2017 11:59:35 +0200
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
To:     Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        oss-drivers@...ronome.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 11/12] nfp: add flower app

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 12:04:17PM +0300, Or Gerlitz wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 12:36 AM, Simon Horman
> <simon.horman@...ronome.com> wrote:
> > Add app for flower offload. At this point the PF netdev and phys port
> > representor netdevs are initialised. Follow-up work will add support for
> > VF and PF representors and beyond that offloading the flower classifier.
> 
> FWIW, repeating here my comment made on the V1 cover letter, in case you
> want to discuss it here V2 -- the VF reps can apply for more use cases
> beyond flower offload -- e.g FDB or FIB offloads and also the other way
> around, flower offloads can apply to more use cases beyond SRIOV, as any
> easy example, you can offload native NIC RX TC rule (drop, header
> re-write, etc).
> 
> Not sure why you want to make this tie

Lets discuss in the v1 thread as I have now replied there.