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-rw-r--r-- | include/odp/api/packet_io.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/odp/api/packet_io.h b/include/odp/api/packet_io.h index e00d011c4..178d98b43 100644 --- a/include/odp/api/packet_io.h +++ b/include/odp/api/packet_io.h @@ -19,7 +19,18 @@ extern "C" { #endif /** @defgroup odp_packet_io ODP PACKET IO - * Operations on a packet. + * Operations on a packet Input/Output interface. + * + * Packet IO is the Ingress and Egress interface to ODP processing. It + * allows manipulation of the interface for setting such attributes as + * the mtu, mac etc. + * Pktio is usually followed by the classifier and a default class COS + * can be set so that the scheduler may distribute flows. The interface + * may be used directly in polled mode with odp_pktio_recv() & + * odp_pktio_send(). + * Diagnostic messages can be enhanced by using odp_pktio_to_u64 which + * will generate a printable reference for a pktio handle for use with + * the logging @ref odp_ver_abt_log_dbg. * @{ */ |