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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH v3 2/2] vhost: Add VHOST PMD
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On 10/22/2015 5:48 PM, Tetsuya Mukawa wrote:=0A=
> The patch introduces a new PMD. This PMD is implemented as thin wrapper=
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> of librte_vhost. It means librte_vhost is also needed to compile the PMD.=
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> The vhost messages will be handled only when a port is started. So start=
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> a port first, then invoke QEMU.=0A=
Hi Tetsuya:=0A=
I haven't got bandwidth to review the details of this patch but i think=0A=
it is the very right thing to do. It is still RFC patch.Is your goal to=0A=
make it into 2.2?=0A=
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