From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pl0-f65.google.com (mail-pl0-f65.google.com [209.85.160.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9CF81CDE2 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2018 23:19:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pl0-f65.google.com with SMTP id 61-v6so19081196plb.2 for ; Thu, 05 Apr 2018 14:19:05 -0700 (PDT) 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=odcMYFncFWZZHPJJ2GqIHEPHJoGHJGZGcPAChLVbECo=; b=OtFQnnr70PdpT2hPRc07xB4mgBemZYL0QqqCqgj5YXpzrd5YGhbZVQlZpo1F3we4Gs UmvKZSaVfXTSMGfvcFYa7K/xHZc+vlSgTiwknQ2y4GIRs0Xgjq22m91O2AQcBj3IOlyW 2DPT6h3td1IEdRaKSTg9KPc9K1IZcu6GY8ToZ1eexM899gs2HH8Wzi32abN1l+u9OIok sIN/X4YX4GNE3YhALA/6Y2ru4W2OlYNG1FcmkA0Yku6SF9ZN43xXs8+jI9p/X/iLcLuH HUpOvWrOgxbEbsxU+UjpU+gsWpX0oV+D8jsjzbQtHGAOl+xkSwZajJ3EtUh+8L1CrJiY GHGA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=odcMYFncFWZZHPJJ2GqIHEPHJoGHJGZGcPAChLVbECo=; b=ZuLfkqSq9p3j6s1HCiAMWS1ZgIGIeMhtzUjnVjx5ZfBNgyYbJbAgjBJwi7d11QDUGA 6oGqNXEIDm4CUSapCcCe+JOq6O7qvZYRbgwdDh846Y3Am2MRZb5yWfwL07Q19Ld76CU/ fXH6rek//erpmNZ48uwS4/G790xlEVMKI/iXTx3pMHL0utqH6UFxZ3bf87+lg5BKmogn PxMJnq5oPw8NB42+NU8QfbFe7XlrmkTdr3fBmQxHUI5SY1DAkh57fopMSAML81NJERB8 fdIwDVdmOjcn65WY8HyXP8uDqHhxNWMHIXiZtgV5cIC4APQMi64LhgpTkSyMz5/p6nG6 hsog== X-Gm-Message-State: AElRT7EntaVdc6pIwaFW158JKILP0s2BzpXOk3ED67BCs3f1wEMf1/Ex 7SMbGvQv1i49Q3gSSfLf25EkQQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx4/SKiOza8AARDE2QfZA+4h1RP11ppYn/4Mwgb3zHYwuacAusYQzqqDWHcfiD+WbCDSw+YmA6w== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:8e83:: with SMTP id bg3-v6mr24876646plb.144.1522963145032; Thu, 05 Apr 2018 14:19:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xeon-e3 (204-195-71-95.wavecable.com. [204.195.71.95]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o66sm16739890pfg.90.2018.04.05.14.19.04 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 05 Apr 2018 14:19:04 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 14:19:03 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Thomas Monjalon Cc: Stephen Hemminger , dev@dpdk.org Message-ID: <20180405141903.44fd59e9@xeon-e3> In-Reply-To: <1677469.6C2FXHHyCm@xps> References: <20180405191305.26813-1-sthemmin@microsoft.com> <8666220.g7qk7zlF1B@xps> <20180405135946.38d4c60b@xeon-e3> <1677469.6C2FXHHyCm@xps> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] net/netvsc: add hyper-v netvsc network device 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: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 21:19:06 -0000 On Thu, 05 Apr 2018 23:07:45 +0200 Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 05/04/2018 22:59, Stephen Hemminger: > > On Thu, 05 Apr 2018 22:52:31 +0200 > > Thomas Monjalon 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? There are already people using earlier versions and sending feeback.