From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/6] net: Generalize udp based tunnel offload Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:03:49 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20151209.150349.1484825444438338042.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20151209054543.GA7902@ast-mbp.thefacebook.com> <20151209125857.GA9900@pox.localdomain> <20151209173842.GA18097@ast-mbp.thefacebook.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: tgraf@suug.ch, jhs@mojatatu.com, john.fastabend@gmail.com, tom@herbertland.com, hannes@stressinduktion.org, linville@tuxdriver.com, jesse@kernel.org, anjali.singhai@intel.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, kiran.patil@intel.com To: alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:38810 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751027AbbLIUDv (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Dec 2015 15:03:51 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20151209173842.GA18097@ast-mbp.thefacebook.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Alexei Starovoitov Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 09:38:44 -0800 > p4 is a high level language and absolutely not suitable for such purpose. > bpf as intermediate representation can be generated from p4 or C or other > language. There is room to innovate in the language definition on top > and in HW design at the bottom. That's the most flexible model. +1