From: Alexei Starovoitov <redacted>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 09:38:44 -0800

p4 is a high level language and absolutely not suitable for such purpose.
bpf as intermediate representation can be generated from p4 or C or other
language. There is room to innovate in the language definition on top
and in HW design at the bottom. That's the most flexible model.

+1