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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 00/25] Support VFD on i40e
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Hi Vincent,

On 1/10/2017 8:23 PM, Vincent Jardin wrote:
> Nope. First one needs to assess if DPDK should be intensively used to 
> become a PF knowing Linux can do the jobs. Linux kernel community does not 
> like the forking of Kernel drivers, I tend to agree that we should not keep 
> duplicating options that can be solved with the Linux kernel.

This patchset split into two, mainly because of your comment, and this
one has nothing specific to Linux VF.

Is there any specific piece of this patchset that cause concern?

What do you think to continue high level DPDK PF discussion in mail
thread for other pathset? So that we can continue to work on this one.

Thanks,
ferruh

> 
> Best regards,
>   Vincent
> 
>