From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <mark.d.gray@intel.com> Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF9102B88 for <stable@dpdk.org>; Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:56:34 +0100 (CET) Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 23 Feb 2017 06:56:33 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.35,198,1484035200"; d="scan'208";a="1114659344" Received: from irsmsx104.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.3.159]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 23 Feb 2017 06:56:32 -0800 Received: from irsmsx108.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.11.173]) by IRSMSX104.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.3.159]) with mapi id 14.03.0248.002; Thu, 23 Feb 2017 14:56:31 +0000 From: "Gray, Mark D" <mark.d.gray@intel.com> To: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com> CC: "Wojciechowicz, RobertX" <robertx.wojciechowicz@intel.com>, "stable@dpdk.org" <stable@dpdk.org>, "Mcnamara, John" <john.mcnamara@intel.com>, "Devlin, Michelle" <michelle.devlin@intel.com>, "Weglicki, MichalX" <michalx.weglicki@intel.com>, Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>, "Stokes, Ian" <ian.stokes@intel.com> Thread-Topic: [dpdk-stable] vhost: many vhost user ports (backporting to v16.11) Thread-Index: AQHShmubbOeoMXX+mEKB68WBpIPpNqFoMgUAgAAHbjCAAQzMgIAL7TOggADP1QCAALmMIA== Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 14:56:30 +0000 Message-ID: <738D45BC1F695740A983F43CFE1B7EA94E93E804@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <20170209125628.GA10377@debian> <20170214024147.GQ20916@yliu-dev.sh.intel.com> <ED71EE0C15B44E41B8FA814D7EFD5CA8CAE96C@IRSMSX103.ger.corp.intel.com> <738D45BC1F695740A983F43CFE1B7EA94E92FB93@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> <20170215011925.GV20916@yliu-dev.sh.intel.com> <738D45BC1F695740A983F43CFE1B7EA94E93D1C5@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> <20170223035106.GS18844@yliu-dev.sh.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <20170223035106.GS18844@yliu-dev.sh.intel.com> Accept-Language: en-IE, en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.182] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] vhost: many vhost user ports (backporting to v16.11) X-BeenThere: stable@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches for DPDK stable branches <stable.dpdk.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://dpdk.org/ml/options/stable>, <mailto:stable-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/stable/> List-Post: <mailto:stable@dpdk.org> List-Help: <mailto:stable-request@dpdk.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://dpdk.org/ml/listinfo/stable>, <mailto:stable-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 14:56:35 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Yuanhan Liu [mailto:yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 3:51 AM > To: Gray, Mark D <mark.d.gray@intel.com> > Cc: Wojciechowicz, RobertX <robertx.wojciechowicz@intel.com>; > stable@dpdk.org; Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; Devlin, > Michelle <michelle.devlin@intel.com>; Weglicki, MichalX > <michalx.weglicki@intel.com>; Thomas Monjalon > <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>; Stokes, Ian <ian.stokes@intel.com> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] vhost: many vhost user ports (backporting to > v16.11) >=20 > On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 03:28:19PM +0000, Gray, Mark D wrote: > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Yuanhan Liu [mailto:yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 1:19 AM > > > To: Gray, Mark D <mark.d.gray@intel.com> > > > Cc: Wojciechowicz, RobertX <robertx.wojciechowicz@intel.com>; > > > stable@dpdk.org; Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; Devlin, > > > Michelle <michelle.devlin@intel.com>; Weglicki, MichalX > > > <michalx.weglicki@intel.com>; Thomas Monjalon > > > <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> > > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] vhost: many vhost user ports (backporting > > > to > > > v16.11) > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 09:19:33AM +0000, Gray, Mark D wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Wojciechowicz, RobertX > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 8:51 AM > > > > > To: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com>; Gray, Mark D > > > > > <mark.d.gray@intel.com> > > > > > Cc: stable@dpdk.org; Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; > > > > > Devlin, Michelle <michelle.devlin@intel.com>; Weglicki, MichalX > > > > > <michalx.weglicki@intel.com>; Thomas Monjalon > > > > > <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> > > > > > Subject: RE: [dpdk-stable] vhost: many vhost user ports > > > > > (backporting to > > > > > v16.11) > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > It is also worth pointing out that OVS 2.7 will use 16.11 > > > > > > > > > > > > One question though: will they use v16.11.1 or something like t= hat? > > > > > > > > > > @Mark do you know what exactly version OVS is going to use? > > > > > > > > > > > > > We could specify what version to compile against in the documentati= on. > > > OVS has a stable branch for 2.7 so we could update the documentation > > > if we needed to use a specific tag/branch. In DPDK, does each stable > > > release get tagged? > > > > > > Yes, but the stable tree is located at > > > > > > http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable/ > > > > > > --yliu > > > > Thanks, Ian updated the ovs docs to reflect this. Thanks, this stable b= ranch > really helps us. > > > > https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-February/328914.ht > > ml >=20 > JFYI, the link address changes every time we make a release, something > like: >=20 > http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-16.11.1.tar.xz > http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-16.11.2.tar.xz > ... >=20 > And v16.11.1 is liekly to be released next week. >=20 > --yliu I think this is probably OK as we would want to be up to date. The whole po= int of LTS is that it is "stable" and we don't want to have to modify the OVS c= ode/docs for each release. However, we will see what the community thinks.