From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC621A0471 for ; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:33:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D97A81DBE; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:33:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga04.intel.com (mga04.intel.com [192.55.52.120]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27005137C; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:33:19 +0200 (CEST) X-Amp-Result: UNKNOWN X-Amp-Original-Verdict: FILE UNKNOWN X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga004.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.38]) by fmsmga104.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 18 Jul 2019 02:33:19 -0700 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.64,276,1559545200"; d="scan'208";a="319589727" Received: from bricha3-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.237.221.51]) by orsmga004-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 18 Jul 2019 02:33:17 -0700 Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 10:33:14 +0100 From: Bruce Richardson To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: techboard@dpdk.org Message-ID: <20190718093314.GB1325@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.4 (2019-03-13) Subject: [dpdk-dev] removal of unused DPDK example apps 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" A standard item on the agenda of the DPDK technical board meetings has been the number of example apps in DPDK and whether any of them can be removed. The board would therefore like to propose that we deprecate a number of examples in 19.08 and remove them in 19.11. Here is my initial list of suggested apps to remove, and for a couple of them the reasons why I consider them for removal. * exception_path - basically a tun/tap example app, given we have KNI, and a tap PMD, this app is probably unneeded. * l3fwd-vf * load_balancer - functionality covered by distributor and eventdev now * multiprocess/simple_mp - NOTE: not all multi-process apps, just the basic, toy one! * netmap_compat * quota-watermark * rxtx_callbacks * vmdq * vmdq_dcb NOTE: Whatever apps are removed will still be available for people to reference in older releases of DPDK - including our LTS's - as well as in the git repository, they just won't be available in the latest versions, and there will no longer be any guarantees that they will compile as DPDK changes. The benefits from removing any unwanted apps are that we have less code to maintain and test, and we have smaller DPDK packages and faster build times. At this stage, the technical board is seeking feedback on the proposed removal of these applications, or if there are other examples that people feel do not add any value to DPDK and can be removed. All comments welcome. Regards, /Bruce