From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from EX13-EDG-OU-001.vmware.com (ex13-edg-ou-001.vmware.com [208.91.0.189]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2EEF20F for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2017 21:12:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sc9-mailhost2.vmware.com (10.113.161.72) by EX13-EDG-OU-001.vmware.com (10.113.208.155) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 15.0.1156.6; Fri, 7 Jul 2017 12:11:54 -0700 Received: from shri-linux.eng.vmware.com (shri-linux.eng.vmware.com [10.33.72.16]) by sc9-mailhost2.vmware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03A42B0351; Fri, 7 Jul 2017 12:12:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 12:12:07 -0700 From: Shrikrishna Khare To: Thomas Monjalon CC: Andrew Rybchenko , Rasesh Mody , Harish Patil , Alejandro Lucero , Adrien Mazarguil , John Daley , Rahul Lakkireddy , Stephen Hurd , Ajit Khaparde , Ed Czeck , John Miller , Wenzhuo Lu , Jingjing Wu , Beilei Xing , Jing Chen , Bruce Richardson , Shijith Thotton , Srisivasubramanian Srinivasan , Shrikrishna Khare , Ferruh Yigit , Olivier Matz , In-Reply-To: <7163702.SNZHi7COno@xps> Message-ID: References: <7163702.SNZHi7COno@xps> User-Agent: Alpine 2.10 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Received-SPF: None (EX13-EDG-OU-001.vmware.com: skhare@shri-linux.eng.vmware.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] DPDK ethdev/mbuf features and reviews 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: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 19:12:10 -0000 On Fri, 7 Jul 2017, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > Hi, > > The ethdev library is very special as it defines the services (ops) > to be implemented in every DPDK networking drivers. > It defines also some configuration bits to support. > The mbuf library defines also some offloads to support in drivers. > > Some of these features are not enough supported and need more efforts. > You can check this table for a summary: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__dpdk.org_doc_guides_nics_overview.html-23id1&d=DwICAg&c=uilaK90D4TOVoH58JNXRgQ&r=s2jCzy8v55CCzOTsTr9gZXCg31zIp_uNzU_LV6Lykc8&m=FQf8y71vPzjmz0UZ4H82PvNPTaRcmLGJ_lbWh5vZHHE&s=fOWlJgvIu9mRubOZZbk86duTCqWwNQToGJeMIPZZ-d0&e= > > These features are being summarized by Ferruh who needs help and review: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__dpdk.org_patch_26492&d=DwICAg&c=uilaK90D4TOVoH58JNXRgQ&r=s2jCzy8v55CCzOTsTr9gZXCg31zIp_uNzU_LV6Lykc8&m=FQf8y71vPzjmz0UZ4H82PvNPTaRcmLGJ_lbWh5vZHHE&s=Vq4zrquYqLmn96bYRPOAVpp5WSYq2_2V8qOP_oLKaFc&e= Table 1.1 from the above 17.08 doc is missing vmxnet3. The vmxnet3 driver is missing from 17.05 doc as well (http://dpdk.readthedocs.io/en/v17.05/nics/overview.html) but it is present in 17.02 (http://dpdk.readthedocs.io/en/v17.02/nics/overview.html). Not sure if I missed something? Thanks, Shri > > We must also take care of the new added features. > Adding a feature means it should be supported by every drivers. > For a PMD maintainer, the first step is to carefully review the new > proposed feature in mbuf or ethdev. The second step is to implement it. > > Thanks for your help > > PS: this reminder was thought after sending this email: <> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__dpdk.org_ml_archives_dev_2017-2DJuly_070591.html&d=DwICAg&c=uilaK90D4TOVoH58JNXRgQ&r=s2jCzy8v55CCzOTsTr9gZXCg31zIp_uNzU_LV6Lykc8&m=FQf8y71vPzjmz0UZ4H82PvNPTaRcmLGJ_lbWh5vZHHE&s=sMljcGD-z2LixiHTKoQPQbatcrfzfCyRt3BKPcJ-E78&e= >