netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next RFC 00/20] Introducing P4TC

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Date:   Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:30:22 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next RFC 00/20] Introducing P4TC

On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 12:03:46 -0500 Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:
> There have been many discussions and meetings since about 2015 in regards to
> P4 over TC and now that the market has chosen P4 as the datapath specification
> lingua franca

Which market?

Barely anyone understands the existing TC offloads. We'd need strong,
and practical reasons to merge this. Speaking with my "have suffered
thru the TC offloads working for a vendor" hat on, not the "junior
maintainer" hat.