From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <bruce.richardson@intel.com> Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07D532A58 for <dev@dpdk.org>; Mon, 19 Sep 2016 18:14:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 19 Sep 2016 09:14:32 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.30,362,1470726000"; d="scan'208";a="1059015275" Received: from bricha3-mobl3.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.237.220.73]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with SMTP; 19 Sep 2016 09:14:27 -0700 Received: by (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 19 Sep 2016 17:14:26 +0025 Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 17:14:26 +0100 From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com> To: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com> Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com> Message-ID: <20160919161426.GJ45548@bricha3-MOBL3> References: <cover.1473230771.git.nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com> <cover.1473854800.git.nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com> <44d2b25b3649efe37a5b1c863c81633ba21812f0.1473854800.git.nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44d2b25b3649efe37a5b1c863c81633ba21812f0.1473854800.git.nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com> Organization: Intel Research and =?iso-8859-1?Q?De=ACvel?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?opment?= Ireland Ltd. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/6] net/mlx5: rework hardware structures X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK <dev.dpdk.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://dpdk.org/ml/options/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/> List-Post: <mailto:dev@dpdk.org> List-Help: <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://dpdk.org/ml/listinfo/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 16:14:33 -0000 On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 02:18:02PM +0200, Nelio Laranjeiro wrote: > Rework Work Queue Element (aka WQE) structures to fit PMD needs. > A WQE is an aggregation of 16 bytes elements known as "data segments" > (aka dseg). > > Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com> Hi Nelio, can you give a bit more detail in the commit message here. What are the "PMD needs" that must be met, and how is the WQE reworked to meet them? Thanks, /Bruce