From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
To: "Andrew Harvey (agh)" <agh@cisco.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, "Wang, Liang-min" <liang-min.wang@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] ethtool: add new library to provide ethtool-alike APIs
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2015 23:03:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1719417.vraBA1o1Y8@xps13> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D1972780.3439A%agh@cisco.com>
2015-06-05 17:24, Andrew Harvey:
> On 6/5/15, 5:47 AM, "Bruce Richardson" <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
> >> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon@6wind.com]
> >> > That's why we need to understand what we (or you) are missing.
> >> > Maybe that it would be clearer with some code examples (which would
> >> > go in the lib documentation if any).
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >
> >How about doing this work as a sample application initially, to
> >demonstrate how
> >an application written using ethtool APIs could be shimmed to use DPDK
> >underneath.
> >The ethtool to dpdk mapping could be contained in a single header file
> >(or header
> >and c file) inside the sample app. This would allow easy re-use of the
> >shim
> >layer, while at the same time not making it part of the core DPDK
> >libraries.
> >
> >Regards,
> >/Bruce
>
> This would appear to be the most pragmatic way forward. It would allow
> others to see more of the code and judge its value for themselves. I have
> no issues with this approach if others agree.
Since the beginning of this thread, a doc is requested (many times) to
show the benefit of integrating such a layer.
If you prefer coding a full example, it would probably also be fine.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-06-05 21:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-29 19:26 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] User-space Ethtool Liang-Min Larry Wang
2015-05-29 19:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] ethdev: add api to set default mac address Liang-Min Larry Wang
2015-06-02 10:52 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2015-06-02 12:23 ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-06-02 14:51 ` Stephen Hemminger
2015-06-02 15:07 ` Wang, Liang-min
2015-06-02 12:23 ` Wang, Liang-min
2015-06-02 13:10 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2015-05-29 19:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] ethtool: add new library to provide ethtool-alike APIs Liang-Min Larry Wang
2015-06-02 12:38 ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-06-02 13:15 ` Wang, Liang-min
2015-06-02 14:32 ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-06-02 15:47 ` Wang, Liang-min
2015-06-02 16:02 ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-06-02 17:06 ` Wang, Liang-min
2015-06-02 20:37 ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-06-02 20:56 ` Wang, Liang-min
2015-06-03 1:00 ` David Harton (dharton)
2015-06-03 2:09 ` Andrew Harvey (agh)
2015-06-04 14:25 ` O'Driscoll, Tim
2015-06-04 14:58 ` Stephen Hemminger
2015-06-04 22:10 ` Andrew Harvey (agh)
2015-06-05 10:46 ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-06-05 11:25 ` Wang, Liang-min
2015-06-05 12:47 ` Bruce Richardson
2015-06-05 17:24 ` Andrew Harvey (agh)
2015-06-05 21:03 ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2015-06-05 13:40 ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-06-05 14:20 ` Wang, Liang-min
2015-06-05 16:07 ` Andrew Harvey (agh)
2015-06-05 20:57 ` Thomas Monjalon
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-05-30 0:37 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] User-space Ethtool Liang-Min Larry Wang
2015-05-30 0:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] ethtool: add new library to provide ethtool-alike APIs Liang-Min Larry Wang
2015-05-30 15:48 ` Stephen Hemminger
2015-05-30 16:16 ` Wang, Liang-min
2015-05-30 19:26 ` Stephen Hemminger
2015-05-30 19:40 ` Wang, Liang-min
2015-05-31 16:48 ` Stephen Hemminger
2015-05-31 17:30 ` Wang, Liang-min
2015-05-31 18:31 ` Wang, Liang-min
2015-06-01 12:42 ` David Harton (dharton)
2015-05-29 13:15 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] User-space Ethtool Liang-Min Larry Wang
2015-05-29 13:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] ethtool: add new library to provide ethtool-alike APIs Liang-Min Larry Wang
2015-05-29 15:22 ` Stephen Hemminger
2015-05-29 18:17 ` Wang, Liang-min
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