Support for Router Interface Meta Data #2209
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| typedef union _sai_acl_capability_extended_value_t | ||
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| /** @validonly type == SAI_ACL_CAPABILITY_EXTENDED_TYPE_ROUTER_INTERFACE_META_DATA */ | ||
| sai_u32_range_t router_interface_meta_data_range; |
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what happens if we want to add additional attributes in the future and need a bigger data type. This becomes again non binary compatible
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so this is a new complex mechanism, but seems not extendable
and in the end, do you really need different metadata range per stage ?
or can we just add new attribute like SAI_SWITCH_ATTR_ACL_USER_META_DATA_RANGE
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Signed-off-by: Komal Shah <[email protected]>
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Metadata can be assigned on Router Interface and subsequently matched in ACL entries, providing increased flexibility for policy management.