Re: [dpdk-users] Suggestions on how to customize the metadata fields of each packet

2018-02-23 Thread Victor Huertas
Thanks a lot for your suggestions, Taking them into account and having a look a this example on userdata field usage (http://dpdk.org/doc/api/examples_2bbdev_app_2main_8c-example.html#a19), I have though the following plan. I think that the most elegant way to do it is to use "userdata" for metada

Re: [dpdk-users] Suggestions on how to customize the metadata fields of each packet

2018-02-23 Thread Victor Huertas
Thanks for your quick answer, I have read so many documents and web pages on this issue that probably I confounded the utility of the headroom. It is good to know that this 128 bytes space is available to my disposal. The fact of being lost once the NIC transmits the frame it is not a problem at a