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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/6] net/mlx5: lay groundwork for switch
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Stephen,

Tuesday, July 24, 2018 3:51 AM, Stephen Hemminger:
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/6] net/mlx5: lay groundwork for switc=
h
> offloads
>=20
> On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 22:40:47 +0100
> Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > Just to highlight this new PMD level dependency to libmnl.
> >
> > tap pmd also uses netlink and vdev_netvsc also does nl communication,
> > perhaps we can discuss unifying netlink usage around this new library.
> >
> >
>=20
> I am concerned that this won't work on FreeBSD and it will end up farther
> behind.

Can you elaborate? What is the reason it will not work?
=20