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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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05/04/2018 22:59, Stephen Hemminger:
> On Thu, 05 Apr 2018 22:52:31 +0200
> Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Stephen,
> > 
> > Good to see there is a good progress.
> > 
> > This patch should add an entry in the release notes.
> > But I guess it is not ready for 18.05?

[...]
> > > +The following prerequisites apply:
> > > +
> > > +*   Linux kernel uio_hv_generic driver that supports subchannels. This should be present in 4.17 or later.  
> > 
> > The DPDK policy is to wait for prerequisite be available for merging.
> 
> Does linux-next count?

I would say no, but I could be convinced of the contrary.
Can we have ABI breakage from linux-next to mainline?
What is the benefit of pushing the PMD early?