MainPipe Specifications

Name

None

Control function name, which must comply with the DSL naming requirements.

Table types

• Pre-auxiliary table
• Main table

You can define multiple pre-auxiliary tables and main tables within the allowed specifications.

Flow table jump rules

• Pre-auxiliary table to pre-auxiliary table
• Pre-auxiliary table to main table
• Main table-(miss)-main table

• The table.apply calls must be made in the sequence from a pre-auxiliary table to a main table.
• After a main table is hit, pre-auxiliary tables cannot be queried.
• Only one main table hit is permitted within a single large pipeline.