From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12BA46CB4 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2017 15:57:13 +0100 (CET) Received: from fmsmga006.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.20]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 17 Feb 2017 06:57:13 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.35,172,1484035200"; d="scan'208";a="67055500" Received: from bricha3-mobl3.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.237.221.61]) by fmsmga006.fm.intel.com with SMTP; 17 Feb 2017 06:57:10 -0800 Received: by (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 17 Feb 2017 14:57:10 +0000 Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 14:57:10 +0000 From: Bruce Richardson To: Ferruh Yigit Cc: Thomas Monjalon , dev@dpdk.org, John McNamara , Yong Wang Message-ID: <20170217145709.GA8652@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <20170131121819.32196-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> <20170217134238.27064-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> <1566055.VXsRebtFXA@xps13> <86596f35-f483-e493-101e-f93969bd2f1b@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86596f35-f483-e493-101e-f93969bd2f1b@intel.com> Organization: Intel Research and =?iso-8859-1?Q?De=ACvel?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?opment?= Ireland Ltd. User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.2 (2016-11-26) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9] net/kni: add KNI PMD X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 14:57:14 -0000 On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 02:29:51PM +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > On 2/17/2017 1:47 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 2017-02-17 13:42, Ferruh Yigit: > >> Add KNI PMD which wraps librte_kni for ease of use. > >> > >> KNI PMD can be used as any regular PMD to send / receive packets to the > >> Linux networking stack. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit > >> Reviewed-by: Yong Wang > >> --- > >> > >> v9: > >> * update for 17.05 > > > > You keep updating this patch in the hope that someone would be interested :) > > > > Please let's make clear that I am OK to merge it > > but you asked me to wait for someone supporting its inclusion. > > Right, it is good to mention that I explicitly asked to wait community > response. > > I keep updating it because I believe this is something useful. > > Meanwhile adding this into repo means maintenance cost, so this should > not be merged without any usecase or interest from community. > > Patch is waiting for an ACK or NAK from community. > I believe this is useful. No reason for KNI to have to use special custom rx/tx functions when it can be made to use regular ethdev ones. So: Acked-by: Bruce Richardson