From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pg0-f51.google.com (mail-pg0-f51.google.com [74.125.83.51]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D14532BB0 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 20:21:48 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-pg0-f51.google.com with SMTP id 3so9126494pgd.0 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:21:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=gqHY7W10KCuQZsBEwEuP0G+MYLthbXGxHWcSbcQVoMs=; b=ulhgTotdZIZPslDdfytXqAJOj0/Q/fsDuOnKh758h8p16ncOeickzPQQDrGTajrakp IkkHdc/+cFHj8mbzUqw5Zbf+VGzVNSqUxRKhTXdJvPPnuAsfAEFktybc+2c1h+whwszB q3Q3QV9oR1/39wQ8pD1NNrSvVlP7RBYF8Az6iimWdSWlsGs8MXpAwLNJUK1rk9XKA/0v rOV/1cp2yE2Ic3e4rfWyXDnWC9pbslpDWDgR69BqA7yOSu3T2acy8XAHB9SPGvW39xOH gVFwLVEhYQQQJc28ByEtfz/qzmFKQ3dTGA+9X0ccT7JHiEspGQU9Fm2j8Xosx++1tEWE yYHw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=gqHY7W10KCuQZsBEwEuP0G+MYLthbXGxHWcSbcQVoMs=; b=VFyI0jrDh8ZBS90z9sZzReea7kbA5Axo/xKMyR5s5fp9ErPsnYv0fRpVLT6T7eqM5i uOmSGCpNHqO+Yv/7+eJsFZhT0fHeJQmy2AYxo55lonqsRvS1WEa+ngvzWOV4wmUUSFwI VVXyzRzj0bWpk1Yn8pYe7fZtlbL6me4ReKNHw1fBQNVLF6S5DS2ysyl85VVpxc9wJ3lu vAWa2LNGaVudTI3ON1KkNDyt8JBwJfyY03gIIRUPFDKx0UAelhndlbj2gPi194jQqe3Q r+YGkv5t77mUyX5lDrXsk71p9nUJQLV/P6/QUaNinfhuHeE7Hp78UmTxfrFMBv0hHZEU h+EQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC0221kDAyRtzgb0Wf630REH01Qb3GFyBDmfv1H7RXmBPMbZGtzdYZfRbtzpjAJkjyQ== X-Received: by 10.84.143.1 with SMTP id 1mr9900228ply.86.1479928907872; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:21:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from samsung9.wavecable.com (204-195-18-65.wavecable.com. [204.195.18.65]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id y6sm36620902pge.27.2016.11.23.11.21.47 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:21:47 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:21:45 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Andrew Rybchenko Cc: Ferruh Yigit , Message-ID: <20161123112145.4aa2d794@samsung9.wavecable.com> In-Reply-To: <5d041f12-ec8d-77da-47ac-671eb3a39a5b@solarflare.com> References: <1479740470-6723-1-git-send-email-arybchenko@solarflare.com> <9cdced57-ba4c-fd0e-c509-904d333aab50@intel.com> <5d041f12-ec8d-77da-47ac-671eb3a39a5b@solarflare.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/56] Solarflare libefx-based PMD X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 19:21:49 -0000 On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 10:49:33 +0300 Andrew Rybchenko wrote: > I've tried to explain it above in item (2): > > >>> > > 2. Another Solarflare PMD with in-kernel part (for control operations) > is considered and could be added in the future. Code for data path > should be shared by these two drivers. libefx-based PMD is put into > 'efx' subdirectory to have a space for another PMD and shared code. > > <<< > > So, main reason is to have location for the code shared by two Solarflare > network PMDs. May be it better to relocate when we really have it. > I'm open for other ideas/suggestions. So is this driver dependent on another non-upstream kernel driver to work? Is this documented in docs directory. If it does depend on other non-upstream components, then the default config should disable the driver.