Re: [net PATCH 1/3] octeontx2-af: Fix hash extraction mbox message

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Wed, 12 Jul 2023 16:46:02 +0530 Suman Ghosh wrote:
> As of today, hash extraction mbox message response supports only the
> secret key. This patch adds support to extract both hash mask and hash
> control along with the secret key. These are needed to use hash
> reduction of 128 bit IPv6 address to 32 bit.

What are hash mask and hash control?

Why is this a fix and not a new feature / extension?