+/**
+ * Offload the IP checksum in the hardware. The flag PKT_TX_IPV4 should
+ * also be set by the application, although a PMD will only check
+ * PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM.
+ * - set the IP checksum field in the packet to 0
+ * - fill the mbuf offload information: l2_len, l3_len
+ */
+#define PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM (1ULL << 54)
+
+/**
+ * Packet is IPv4. This flag must be set when using any offload feature
+ * (TSO, L3 or L4 checksum) to tell the NIC that the packet is an IPv4
+ * packet. If the packet is a tunneled packet, this flag is related to
+ * the inner headers.
+ */
+#define PKT_TX_IPV4 (1ULL << 55)
+
+/**
+ * Packet is IPv6. This flag must be set when using an offload feature
+ * (TSO or L4 checksum) to tell the NIC that the packet is an IPv6
+ * packet. If the packet is a tunneled packet, this flag is related to
+ * the inner headers.
+ */
+#define PKT_TX_IPV6 (1ULL << 56)
+
+#define PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT (1ULL << 57) /**< TX packet is a 802.1q VLAN packet. */
+
+/**
+ * Offload the IP checksum of an external header in the hardware. The
+ * flag PKT_TX_OUTER_IPV4 should also be set by the application, alto ugh
+ * a PMD will only check PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM. The IP checksum field in the
+ * packet must be set to 0.
+ * - set the outer IP checksum field in the packet to 0
+ * - fill the mbuf offload information: outer_l2_len, outer_l3_len
+ */
+#define PKT_TX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM (1ULL << 58)
+
+/**
+ * Packet outer header is IPv4. This flag must be set when using any
+ * outer offload feature (L3 or L4 checksum) to tell the NIC that the
+ * outer header of the tunneled packet is an IPv4 packet.
+ */
+#define PKT_TX_OUTER_IPV4 (1ULL << 59)
+
+/**
+ * Packet outer header is IPv6. This flag must be set when using any
+ * outer offload feature (L4 checksum) to tell the NIC that the outer
+ * header of the tunneled packet is an IPv6 packet.
+ */
+#define PKT_TX_OUTER_IPV6 (1ULL << 60)
+
+#define IND_ATTACHED_MBUF (1ULL << 62) /**< Indirect attached mbuf */
+
+/* Use final bit of flags to indicate a control mbuf */
+#define CTRL_MBUF_FLAG (1ULL << 63) /**< Mbuf contains control data */
+
+/**
+ * Get the name of a RX offload flag
+ *
+ * @param mask
+ * The mask describing the flag.
+ * @return
+ * The name of this flag, or NULL if it's not a valid RX flag.
+ */
+const char *rte_get_rx_ol_flag_name(uint64_t mask);
+
+/**
+ * Get the name of a TX offload flag
+ *
+ * @param mask
+ * The mask describing the flag. Usually only one bit must be set.
+ * Several bits can be given if they belong to the same mask.
+ * Ex: PKT_TX_L4_MASK.
+ * @return
+ * The name of this flag, or NULL if it's not a valid TX flag.
+ */
+const char *rte_get_tx_ol_flag_name(uint64_t mask);
+
+/* define a set of marker types that can be used to refer to set points in the
+ * mbuf */
+typedef void *MARKER[0]; /**< generic marker for a point in a structure */
+typedef uint8_t MARKER8[0]; /**< generic marker with 1B alignment */
+typedef uint64_t MARKER64[0]; /**< marker that allows us to overwrite 8 bytes
+ * with a single assignment */