On 12/09/15 at 05:21pm, David Miller wrote:

It is clearly the most appropriate middle layer representation.

The fact that BPF could be generated from any P4 program, yet the
reverse is not true, tells me everything I need to know.

I'm sorry if you have either a mental or a time invenstment in P4, but
I really don't see it as really suitable for this.

I don't. I like the approach and the effect it has on a currently
very vendor secrets oriented environment.

I won't drag this further. I'm perfectly fine if BPF is suitable for
a wide range of hardware models.