From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f51.google.com (mail-wm0-f51.google.com [74.125.82.51]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05D1A5679 for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2016 22:32:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wm0-f51.google.com with SMTP id i5so39524194wmg.0 for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2016 13:32:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=zOuNZucjn+cOQ8qy0odgZgXGaE9lJBby5oa4tIhZDB0=; b=RMvtpGkh9UdeJnC1Yy+XU2Py3nQbC72TC9zkuBGH4FleUzpyEOmSMUXRy6+MvX4l3r SZnAgk5eJP6WBXK8397ofUQmzlRqggCt+d7L4ZZusdyiHlJFVPLtZfcEcxRNgbc0VKyo vNCo7TjpQaseQiiTPyLLczPL1dXf04z+M3s12NduOjHTzfBxTOV7zSjJCJfSxw1GXSsV AlkMFvAO2swtOYd8ecP+3OsPJ7rq5LAgPFEJwyxrYcshufr4xaylQgOPVJfLtbTTtY6x jVjQLigB+TsXDe8qJCcd5X2sWRjF9o5NhYl4iZtBI2hQNSshojvOVw6bHZCEQ5YtiK2u fBpA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=zOuNZucjn+cOQ8qy0odgZgXGaE9lJBby5oa4tIhZDB0=; b=GG4ZSJZ7NQQhAuFTl5MCtO534hdUiIRfCvMbb47wWxT06uTJaqBiBXLUOUztB3pRog 2bUh2OeTZF+J6esbJmTb1Qn4Juyulc746ltW+Y3F9c9AFkrwAZD2yybr8TSHj11/W9WO QgL3WBOh3BumVhFxomXQKNvZVorJY2NvJJQ+FLIm70exd7g+DwL/oEGyr7zSrsiqyIKv 2gmTCOH5oAi3vKlNscygOEYljqSN7xAQen4ReT9HLK6Upv2lPXLw5UWCnsc+Lv4uoKAM A4Gxlh8Q0A0qBSXkNWYeWmLSaj3Fohq+xkbINn8eSgIBDHkIRZKR/fHigHRfJErRNv4M HtwQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkoouushla2YSVY4gYgX/HySTQXFiGZWrLppLFy4PtMBG8V9wL1l4qxHHvxkBfLfT3eqDvl X-Received: by 10.28.127.209 with SMTP id a200mr212408wmd.99.1469133136769; Thu, 21 Jul 2016 13:32:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xps13.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net. [77.134.203.184]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c139sm6968987wme.4.2016.07.21.13.32.15 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 21 Jul 2016 13:32:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Jay Rolette Cc: Ferruh Yigit , dev@dpdk.org Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 22:32:14 +0200 Message-ID: <7298712.p7zDOZdSxl@xps13> User-Agent: KMail/4.14.10 (Linux/4.5.4-1-ARCH; KDE/4.14.11; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: <1469030873-5966-1-git-send-email-thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> <5790EB36.3000604@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce KNI ethtool removal X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 20:32:17 -0000 2016-07-21 13:20, Jay Rolette: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Ferruh Yigit > wrote: > > KNI ethtool is functional and maintained, and it may have users! > > > > Why just removing it, specially without providing an alternative? > > Is is good time to discuss KCP again? > > Yes, my product uses it. Your product uses what? KCP? KNI? KNI ethtool? > Seems like we are back to the same discussion we > had a few months ago about the KNI situation... > > It shouldn't be removed unless there is a replacement, ideally one that > works with the normal Linux tools like every other network device. This ethtool module works only for igb and ixgbe! There is already no replacement for other drivers. Who works on a replacement? > While the code wasn't ready at the time, it was a definite improvement over what > we have with KNI today.