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From: Olivier MATZ <olivier.matz-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [v2 22/23] Packet Framework IPv4 pipeline sample app
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 14:13:42 +0200
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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 could be replaced by a packet mbuf or an
application private structure.


Regards,
Olivier