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    "date": "2018-09-24T08:28:16",
    "name": "[0/3] ethdev: add IP address and TCP/UDP port rewrite actions to flow API",
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        "name": "Rahul Lakkireddy",
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        "From": "Rahul Lakkireddy <rahul.lakkireddy@chelsio.com>",
        "To": "dev@dpdk.org",
        "Cc": "indranil@chelsio.com, nirranjan@chelsio.com",
        "Date": "Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:58:16 +0530",
        "Message-Id": "<cover.1537776502.git.rahul.lakkireddy@chelsio.com>",
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        "Subject": "[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] ethdev: add IP address and TCP/UDP port\n\trewrite actions to flow API",
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    "content": "This series of patches add support for actions:\n- SET_IPV4_SRC - set a new IPv4 source address.\n- SET_IPV4_DST - set a new IPv4 destination address.\n- SET_IPV6_SRC - set a new IPv6 source address.\n- SET_IPV6_DST - set a new IPv6 destination address.\n- SET_TP_SRC - set a new TCP/UDP source port number.\n- SET_TP_DST - set a new TCP/UDP destination port number.\n\nThese actions are useful in Network Address Translation use case\nto edit IP address and TCP/UDP port numbers before switching\nthe packets out to the destination device port.\n\nPatch 1 adds support for IP address rewrite to rte_flow and testpmd.\n\nPatch 2 adds support for TCP/UDP port rewrite to rte_flow and testpmd.\n\nPatch 3 shows CXGBE PMD example to offload these actions to hardware.\n\nFeedback and suggestions will be much appreciated.\n\nThanks,\nRahul\n\nRFC v1: http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2018-June/104913.html\nRFC v2: http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2018-August/109672.html\n\n---\nChanges since RFC v2:\n- Updated comments, help messages, and doc to indicate that IP/TCP/UDP\n  of the outermost headers are modified.\n- Updated comments and doc to indicate that a corresponding valid flow\n  pattern item must be specified to offload corresponding header rewrite\n  actions.\n- Re-based CXGBE PMD changes in patch 3 to tip.\n- Updated all instances of fw_filter_wr to new fw_filter2_wr and removed\n  fw_filter_wr.\n- Ensure correct ULP type is set when offloading NAT actions.\n- Returning appropriate RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION error if a corresponding\n  valid flow pattern item is not found.\n- Updated release notes.\n\n\nRahul Lakkireddy (3):\n  ethdev: add flow api actions to modify IP addresses\n  ethdev: add flow api actions to modify TCP/UDP port numbers\n  net/cxgbe: add flow actions to modify IP and TCP/UDP port address\n\n app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c                 | 156 +++++++++++++++++\n app/test-pmd/config.c                       |  12 ++\n doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst          | 108 ++++++++++++\n doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst      |  12 +-\n doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst |  28 +++\n drivers/net/cxgbe/base/common.h             |   1 +\n drivers/net/cxgbe/base/t4_msg.h             |   1 +\n drivers/net/cxgbe/base/t4fw_interface.h     |  23 ++-\n drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.c            |  37 +++-\n drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.h            |  23 +++\n drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.c              | 178 +++++++++++++++++++-\n drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_main.c              |  10 ++\n lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.c                |  12 ++\n lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h                | 107 ++++++++++++\n 14 files changed, 696 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)"
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