From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <alejandro.lucero@netronome.com> Received: from mail-vk0-f44.google.com (mail-vk0-f44.google.com [209.85.213.44]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B27FC20F for <dev@dpdk.org>; Mon, 16 Jan 2017 19:21:54 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-vk0-f44.google.com with SMTP id t8so78010163vke.3 for <dev@dpdk.org>; Mon, 16 Jan 2017 10:21:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=netronome-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=mzMmo/UWZo6BBbJtVuHLDpwrhhZCeVm3exD8YaXtuJ8=; b=PMIVNehLDqjffvyHYnwdLinnJH/ahDrnSXgbK/dEsh4wqZpVLwKjK2UANZYzcu+nUH v2wltsNbtXWZ2oXJ2X6/pt+6ZNChgC+x/EoC08WaTS60ztZYh9ai9OtKGvmRz3b7B0Sb +uyvvsyB692Y6B3IsQh+qZ7sd5w+MVPSHKFk4raI72bh8TL/ILEPlOvhi7bxrqvwDFsU Pv0cVLAi4oLbJYWwvt2SufP/+AgygF2khPNspmZ11SkjN3zwNxvCyG121pqwIlmk8i2f m3sPQJshVMg8vmgsoaN0Ow3c0dBdo440fHJEl9RNR6Nay61E2+9AY3IhlmalBIaYQZ6a QUcA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=mzMmo/UWZo6BBbJtVuHLDpwrhhZCeVm3exD8YaXtuJ8=; b=MtQkkzpKHxuSoZuy9Zk5KoN7QXSQd7KsYdwl+GUGkhpSGDPMx+89L4l7a0WvoDk3cL VnsHoCS9s9xOAIxzU1Amy5I+6JKUwEJqwpY17tRUN3JkSnai8vIR1Q5Xe+WSeCwirvFa Ar+nddBxG3vd1SgtsgvNx8nG3j0eFzTxavZPv2hUBsYPTbDquXc+9XW0xnb11DgqDame 6czsKWhmSmomMaMCTRHSuP6ObfMcvlc3iQBDT1bDWVbOd5zs23EcXzywkno2+aBl1hhE st9jQigEv5Wof7oqDxnZvAzorXwiSCbD3FaAcGLda4906caaj/XZ2Z06E+dDwPVlwh0f uQPA== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXKTu9qEvu/KzHtJKbh3B0VMAIqCDrQsXaUH+aflhyUuS+8wbHXam6EWHMVthAKRNZWAVA7EImdUMAXPqZhQ X-Received: by 10.31.133.133 with SMTP id h127mr16192064vkd.26.1484590913940; Mon, 16 Jan 2017 10:21:53 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.103.146.141 with HTTP; Mon, 16 Jan 2017 10:21:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20170116164816.GA25960@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <1484308202-5198-1-git-send-email-alejandro.lucero@netronome.com> <29aed2ee-78a9-05d5-b684-01f7b62d10f9@intel.com> <20170116164816.GA25960@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com> From: Alejandro Lucero <alejandro.lucero@netronome.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 18:21:53 +0000 Message-ID: <CAD+H991w7ePCCK1k=p7z4s1EvKCsRDfUL+vBQRBijh87guHLZA@mail.gmail.com> To: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com> Cc: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>, dev <dev@dpdk.org>, Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.15 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] config: build nfp pmd support by default X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions <dev.dpdk.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://dpdk.org/ml/options/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/> List-Post: <mailto:dev@dpdk.org> List-Help: <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://dpdk.org/ml/listinfo/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 18:21:54 -0000 My main concern is about distributions having a DPDK package without NFP support. Of course, distributions could make that package with NFP enabled, but I prefer to avoid that. There are other PMD enabled by default and it does not mean the NICs are there. On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Bruce Richardson < bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 04:43:11PM +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > > On 1/13/2017 11:50 AM, Alejandro Lucero wrote: > > > Because using a NFP PMD requires specific BSP installed, the PMD > > > support was not the default option before. This was just for making > > > people aware of such dependency, since there is no need for such a > > > BSP for just compiling DPDK with NFP PMD support. > > > > Although NFP will compile fine, as far as I understand BSP dependency is > > still there. > > > > Thomas, > > > > What do you think, is compilation enough to be enabled by default? > > > > > > Although you haven't asked me, I think having it compiled by default is > ok, even if you can't run it without the BSP. Having it compiled means > that we can catch errors or problems with the driver sooner, e.g. when > doing updates across all drivers. > > /Bruce >