From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <sugesh.chandran@intel.com> Received: from mga09.intel.com (mga09.intel.com [134.134.136.24]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F51A4A65 for <dev@dpdk.org>; Thu, 21 Jul 2016 13:06:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from orsmga003.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.27]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 21 Jul 2016 04:06:56 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.28,399,1464678000"; d="scan'208";a="850521116" Received: from irsmsx154.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.192.96]) by orsmga003.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 21 Jul 2016 04:06:54 -0700 Received: from irsmsx102.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.2.123]) by IRSMSX154.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.12.208]) with mapi id 14.03.0248.002; Thu, 21 Jul 2016 12:06:52 +0100 From: "Chandran, Sugesh" <sugesh.chandran@intel.com> To: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com> CC: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>, Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>, "Zhang, Helin" <helin.zhang@intel.com>, "Wu, Jingjing" 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