Addressing match and action entries in a match-action stage
Abstract:
Some embodiments provide a method that configures a first pool of unit memories to implement several match entries, each including a set of match conditions. Each memory in the first pool includes at least one set of match entries. The method configures a second pool of unit memories to implement several action entries each located at a location in a memory. Each unit memory in the second pool has a different memory page address. The method assigns each set of match entries a virtual memory page address that corresponds to a different memory in the second pool. When the set of match conditions are met for a particular match entry at a particular location in a particular virtual memory page address, a particular action entry is read, having a same location in a memory with a same virtual memory page address in the second pool.
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