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[PATCH requirements 0/7] virtio net new features requirements

From: Heng Qi <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2023 07:51:00 -0000

? 2023/8/4 ??3:30, Parav Pandit ??: >> From: Heng Qi <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, August 4, 2023 12:47 PM >> Yes, but a small update: >> If flowvq is created, RFF must be done only on flowvq by the driver. >> If flowvq is supported, but not created, cvq can be used. >> If flowvq is not supported, cvq is used. >> > Looks fine, I want to think little more on the last point to make sure we are not missing something. > Will respond by Monday on it. Ok. > [..] > >> Oh, I got it, I think we should let people see more details in the next version.:) >> >>> For any new/undefined protocol, if user wants to say, In a packet at >>> byte offset A, if you find pattern == 0x800, drop the packet. >>> In a packet at byte offset B, if you find pattern == 0x8100, forward to rq 10. >>> >>> I didn't consider multiple matching patterns for now, though it is very useful. >>> I am inclined to keep the option of _any_match to take up later, for now to do >> only well defined match? >>> WDYT? >> I think it's ok, but we don't seem to need the length here. But in any case, I >> don't think it's that important to have or not ^^ >> > Length will be needed to indicate how many bytes to match to. > Lets do this rule incrementally after we get the base line done for known RFC defined fields. > >>> Lets keep rss context in future work as its orthogonal to it. >>> Yes, your help for rss context will be good. >>> Lets first finish RFF as its bit in the advance stage. >> Yes! But I worry that a spec that references a concept that doesn't exist in the >> existing spec may be blocked, so if you have no objections, I will push this work >> forward in the near future to help RFF possible blocking. > I was probably not clear enough, I propose that lets remove the RSS context for now in the RFF. > Once RSS context is done, at that point in future to enhance RFF. I need some time to see if the rss context has an effect on our scenario, so please hold it for now. I'll sync it up as soon as possible. Thanks! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that > generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php