RE: [PATCH requirements 5/7] net-features: Add n-tuple receive flow filters requirements

[Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>]

> From: virtio@lists.oasis-open.org <virtio@lists.oasis-open.org> On Behalf Of
> Parav Pandit
> Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 2:04 PM
> 
> Hi Michael and all,
> 
> > From: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>
> > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2023 9:04 AM
> >
> > Add virtio net device requirements for receive flow filters.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>
> 
> Do you have any further comments on it?
> 
> Heng and I want to progress now to start the design/spec draft of it starting 3rd
> Aug.
> Flow filter command requires packed VQ descriptor extension.
> So, we need to wrap up now for this infrastructure extension pre-work which
> has significant effort.
> 
> For now, we are taking design to next stage for these steering requirements.
> The packed vq extension is going to benefit low latency tx part as well as
> reviewed by Stephan.

In todays' meeting we further discussed that inline is optional feature for the txq and for steering filters.
Hence, based on the feedback, we can progress now without packed vq extension.

We need to close on the config space access via dma interface.
So lets finish that blocker now so counters and filters can progress.