From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga04.intel.com (mga04.intel.com [192.55.52.120]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34A502935 for ; Tue, 4 Jul 2017 09:54:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by fmsmga104.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 04 Jul 2017 00:54:26 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.40,307,1496127600"; d="scan'208";a="106840950" Received: from fmsmsx104.amr.corp.intel.com ([10.18.124.202]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 04 Jul 2017 00:54:26 -0700 Received: from shsmsx101.ccr.corp.intel.com (10.239.4.153) by fmsmsx104.amr.corp.intel.com (10.18.124.202) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.319.2; Tue, 4 Jul 2017 00:54:26 -0700 Received: from shsmsx103.ccr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.4.116]) by SHSMSX101.ccr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.1.197]) with mapi id 14.03.0319.002; Tue, 4 Jul 2017 15:54:23 +0800 From: "Wang, Zhihong" To: Olivier MATZ , Yuanhan Liu CC: "dev@dpdk.org" , "Ananyev, Konstantin" , "Richardson, Bruce" , "mb@smartsharesystems.com" , "Chilikin, Andrey" , "jblunck@infradead.org" , "nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com" , "arybchenko@solarflare.com" , "thomas.monjalon@6wind.com" , "jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com" Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/8] mbuf: use 2 bytes for port and nb segments Thread-Index: AQHSrWFJYCC72yvIjEeoiaq/lZeCW6G3URiAgBNWRACAeS4YUA== Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2017 07:54:23 +0000 Message-ID: <8F6C2BD409508844A0EFC19955BE0941512B02B2@SHSMSX103.ccr.corp.intel.com> References: <1488966121-22853-1-git-send-email-olivier.matz@6wind.com> <20170404162807.20157-1-olivier.matz@6wind.com> <20170404162807.20157-7-olivier.matz@6wind.com> <20170406054523.GP18844@yliu-dev.sh.intel.com> <20170418150304.58d2c4a1@glumotte.dev.6wind.com> In-Reply-To: <20170418150304.58d2c4a1@glumotte.dev.6wind.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.239.127.40] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/8] mbuf: use 2 bytes for port and nb segments 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: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2017 07:54:28 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Olivier MATZ > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 9:03 PM > To: Yuanhan Liu > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Ananyev, Konstantin ; > Richardson, Bruce ; > mb@smartsharesystems.com; Chilikin, Andrey ; > jblunck@infradead.org; nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com; > arybchenko@solarflare.com; thomas.monjalon@6wind.com; > jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/8] mbuf: use 2 bytes for port and nb > segments >=20 > Hi Yuanhan, >=20 > On Thu, 6 Apr 2017 13:45:23 +0800, Yuanhan Liu > wrote: > > Hi Olivier, > > > > On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 06:28:05PM +0200, Olivier Matz wrote: > > > Change the size of m->port and m->nb_segs to 16 bits. > > > > But all the ethdev APIs are still using 8 bits. 16 bits won't really > > take effect without updating those APIs. Any plans? > > > > --yliu >=20 > Yes, there is some work in ethdev, drivers and in example apps to > make the change effective. I think we could define a specific type for > a port number, maybe rte_eth_port_num_t. Using this type could be a > first step (for 17.08) before switching to 16 bits (17.11?). >=20 > I'll do the change and send a rfc. Ping ;) Is this still in your plan? Thanks Zhihong >=20 > Regards, > Olivier