摘要 |
Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to an example embodiment, a switch may comprise an instruction decode stage and a lookup stage. The instruction decode stage may be configured to receive a bulk instruction identifying an action to perform on frame entries of the lookup stage, and in response to receiving the bulk instruction, send, to the lookup stage, at least first and second frame entry instructions, each of the first and second frame entry instructions identifying the action and identifying a unique frame entry in the lookup stage upon which to perform the action. The lookup stage may be configured to receive the first and second frame entry instructions from the instruction decode stage, and in response to receiving each of the first and second frame entry instructions, perform the identified action on the frame entry identified by the respective frame entry instruction.
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