[dpdk-dev] [v2 22/23] Packet Framework IPv4 pipeline sample app

2014-06-09 Thread Olivier MATZ
Cristian, Please see some comments below. On 06/09/2014 03:25 PM, Dumitrescu, Cristian wrote: > 1. As the name implies, pktmbuf should be used for packets and ctrlmbuf > should be used for control messages . IMHO using pktmbuf to control > messages is a confusing workaround. If ctrlmbuf are

[dpdk-dev] [v2 22/23] Packet Framework IPv4 pipeline sample app

2014-06-09 Thread Olivier MATZ
Hi Christian, > We need a message type defined for message passing between cores, and > pktmbuf is definitely not the right approach. Could you please explain why a pktmbuf is not the right approach? As proposed in http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2014-May/002759.html I think the control mbuf

[dpdk-dev] [v2 22/23] Packet Framework IPv4 pipeline sample app

2014-06-09 Thread Dumitrescu, Cristian
at dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [v2 22/23] Packet Framework IPv4 pipeline sample app Hi Christian, > We need a message type defined for message passing between cores, and > pktmbuf is definitely not the right approach. Could you please explain why a pktmbuf is not the right ap

[dpdk-dev] [v2 22/23] Packet Framework IPv4 pipeline sample app

2014-06-09 Thread Olivier MATZ
Hi Cristian, On 06/04/2014 08:08 PM, Cristian Dumitrescu wrote: > This Packet Framework sample application illustrates the capabilities of the > Intel DPDK Packet Framework toolbox. > > It creates different functional blocks used by a typical IPv4 framework like: > flow classification,

[dpdk-dev] [v2 22/23] Packet Framework IPv4 pipeline sample app

2014-06-09 Thread Dumitrescu, Cristian
To: Dumitrescu, Cristian; dev at dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [v2 22/23] Packet Framework IPv4 pipeline sample app Hi Cristian, On 06/04/2014 08:08 PM, Cristian Dumitrescu wrote: > This Packet Framework sample application illustrates the capabilities of the > Intel DPDK Packet Framework t

[dpdk-dev] [v2 22/23] Packet Framework IPv4 pipeline sample app

2014-06-04 Thread Cristian Dumitrescu
This Packet Framework sample application illustrates the capabilities of the Intel DPDK Packet Framework toolbox. It creates different functional blocks used by a typical IPv4 framework like: flow classification, firewall, routing, etc. CPU cores are connected together through standard