From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by dpdk.space (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAACBA0096 for ; Sun, 7 Apr 2019 11:16:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87FA42BC9; Sun, 7 Apr 2019 11:16:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F35A5A for ; Sun, 7 Apr 2019 11:16:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E8D72208C; Sun, 7 Apr 2019 05:16:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 07 Apr 2019 05:16:47 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=mesmtp; bh=8irFHW2X4eZs1lSd7VofBAQSUi/YBmv6I3s6MhlUrHA=; b=bV+avvx4v4Hu 6gCT7wjmtcjrIXknad7Xdv/6E9Iipxe18BiD9DpbrQSt7s/bQ4l/n00m+jrv92a/ bbJunTFKT+XThy/DJ8kuoCPBNvnjPEYdjmxgV8lzO7Q9tJF90KFGpvLU0WGCkdez UfLc8NU3IgX0m4oz1Ou6PiTqk/we+TM= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; bh=8irFHW2X4eZs1lSd7VofBAQSUi/YBmv6I3s6MhlUr HA=; b=EtUaiKLDpNZI1h6E0T/1MRkS39IsED9dWXFwfChE++W+FnSvH3J1D/AU5 KZ8kByqRJSy/OkoVjDXD45vf+eG+2H9eVrJrSaU+XeAv+JJabnJf25xIpsk+JQXM 5G+S6WFxxMncB8gs3dTFieZX5CD6d2llx5C1DR6SfyUtL9+HRZgrz9O7OZhVXrBB cgYBe4thxM8WVfeugtUy9a46IDdTBmii5zzUAuEA+n9/96sHXvNS+hrN7S8ftb0R xp2iO2EqLSy7nR9b/jUyixtqSIVgc7vyYeAsmbDkQMB63Q9vyCO50n9By/UDFRt7 I5MTkOmQyVM9nwuZiLKfuJ31xBccA== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduuddruddugddufeculddtuddrgedutddrtddtmd cutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdp uffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivg hnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenucfjughrpefhvffufffkjghfggfgtgesthhqredttddtjeen ucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhmrghsucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrg hlohhnrdhnvghtqeenucfkphepjeejrddufeegrddvtdefrddukeegnecurfgrrhgrmhep mhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtnecuvehluhhsth gvrhfuihiivgeptd X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 13E431030F; Sun, 7 Apr 2019 05:16:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Eduard Serra Cc: Eduard Serra , "dev@dpdk.org" Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2019 11:16:44 +0200 Message-ID: <2803318.F4SQZn5iSM@xps> In-Reply-To: <5ca94617.1c69fb81.5593b.1f0d@mx.google.com> References: <1554411251-67227-1-git-send-email-eserra@vmware.com> <1760571.o9aQio58az@xps> <5ca94617.1c69fb81.5593b.1f0d@mx.google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/vmxnet3: synchronize vmxnet definitionswith 6.7 public 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: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Message-ID: <20190407091644.ocqZJnfXDbBm7WGCgNI_QiiMddgsDoUeLyf7SHmfTj4@z> 07/04/2019 02:36, Eduard Serra: > Hey Thomas, >=20 > Thanks for taking a look. > My intentions is to port some of the new features on top of this patch (f= low steering, ESP RSS =E2=80=93 preparing the patches right now) which we a= re using inhouse to DPDK, however for that I require to upgrade definitions. > The ownership of this definitions is VMware=E2=80=99s ESX team, my main g= oal was to keep the definitions identical to most recent ESX=E2=80=99s, for= correctness and ease of maintenance later on, instead of just adding bits = and pieces. I understand, but still we need to have a good history of the changes with some explanations of the "what" and "why". Please communicate with the team authoring the changes to get the explanations and do a proper split. Thanks