Re: [RFC] ematch API, u32 ematch, nbyte ematch, basic classifier

[jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 16:17, Thomas Graf wrote:
> * jamal <1105363582.1041.162.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 2005-01-10 08:26
> > I think its _a hack_ Thomas ;-> Mostly because it has dependency on u32.
> > off2 doesnt exist on any other classifier and the basic ematch should be
> > usable by any classifier.
> 
> It does not, u32 does have a dependency on em_u32 but not vice versa.
> em_u32 is perfectly useful even without nexthdr functionality since
> this is the way it is used today in 90% of the cases and it should be
> a little bit faster than em_cmp but also a bit less powerful. On top
> of that, rsvp could provide this information as well so one could
> extend rsvp with em_u32 ematches. I think we should not think of it
> as being dependant on off2 but rather as it is able to use information
> from a underlying layer.

Ok, you make a convincing arguement ;-> No more concerns from my side.
Churn that code!

cheers,
jamal