Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ixgbe: fix check for split packets

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>]

2015-07-22 13:35, Richardson, Bruce:
> From: Zoltan Kiss [mailto:zoltan.kiss@linaro.org]
> > On 22/07/15 10:59, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > > The vector PMD always works off a fixed 32 burst size. Any change to
> > > that will lead to many changes in the code, so I don't believe a loop is
> > necessary.
> > 
> > Ok, then I suggest to make a comment around RTE_IXGBE_VPMD_RX_BURST that
> > changing it needs a lot of other changes in the code elsewhere, e.g in
> > this split_flags check.
> > Btw. vPMD was a bit misleading abbreviation for me, it took me a while
> > until I realized 'v' stands for 'vector', not 'virtualization' as in most
> > cases nowadays.
> 
> Good idea. I'll try to submit a patch to add a comment if I get the chance
> - otherwise feel free to do so yourself.

Why not do it in this patch?
Is it not enough related?

> As for the naming, yes, I suppose it can be confusing. :-) We possibly need
> to start calling these pieces of code SSE or AVX rather than just vector,
> since for some we may end up with multiple vector versions.

+1 for SSE/AVX naming