[dpdk-dev] rte_mbuf: documentation, meta-data, and inconsistencies

On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 08:00:59PM -0400, daniel chapiesky wrote: > But, in the end, sharing the meta-data area with the packet headroom seems > to be a very > bad idea. > > Sincerely, > > Daniel Chapiesky You might have picked a good time to inquire about it as some of the Intel guys are makin

[dpdk-dev] rte_mbuf: documentation, meta-data, and inconsistencies

rte_muf: Inconsistency in the programmer's guide or the code.? - >From the DPDK 1.7.0 programmer's guide we read: "For a newly allocated mbuf, the area at which the data begins in the message buffer is RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM bytes