From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: "Dumitrescu, Cristian" <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, "Singh, Jasvinder" <jasvinder.singh@intel.com>,
"Yigit, Ferruh" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
"hemant.agrawal@nxp.com" <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>,
"Jerin.JacobKollanukkaran@cavium.com"
<Jerin.JacobKollanukkaran@cavium.com>,
"Lu, Wenzhuo" <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>,
"techboard@dpdk.org" <techboard@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] net/softnic: sw fall-back for traffic management
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2017 12:17:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2111445.iUpC6eips2@xps> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3EB4FA525960D640B5BDFFD6A3D891267BA794E8@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com>
05/07/2017 11:32, Dumitrescu, Cristian:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas@monjalon.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 12:48 AM
> > To: Dumitrescu, Cristian <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>
> > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Singh, Jasvinder <jasvinder.singh@intel.com>; Yigit,
> > Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>; hemant.agrawal@nxp.com;
> > Jerin.JacobKollanukkaran@cavium.com; Lu, Wenzhuo
> > <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>; techboard@dpdk.org
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] net/softnic: sw fall-back for traffic
> > management
> >
> > 08/06/2017 18:43, Dumitrescu, Cristian:
> > > <snip> ...
> > > >
> > > > I'm sure I'm missing something.
> > > > In my understanding, we do not need to change the ops:
> > > > - if the device offers the capability, let's call the ops
> > > > - else call the software fallback function
> > > >
> > >
> > > What you might be missing is the observation that the approach you're
> > describing requires changing each and every PMD. The changes are also
> > intrusive: need to change the ops that need the SW fall-back patching, also
> > need to change the private data of each PMD (as assigned to the opaque
> > dev->data->dev_private) to add the context data needed by the patched
> > ops. Therefore, this approach is a no-go.
> > >
> > > We are looking for a generic approach that can gracefully and transparently
> > work with any PMD.
> >
> > Nobody is participating in this discussion.
> > Can we discuss how to proceed in the technical board meeting?
>
> Hi Thomas,
>
> We are working to finalize a new version of the Soft NIC PMD which has a much simplified/straightforward design (we'll explain in the cover letter). We expect to send it in the next few days, hopefully we can target RC2.
Thanks for continuing to work on it.
We will probably avoid a last minute integration of this new design in 17.08.
So it could become a priority topic for 17.11.
> I propose you take another look at this version and then decide if we need TB involvement or not?
OK, let's wait this version.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-07-05 10:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-05-26 18:11 Jasvinder Singh
2017-05-26 18:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] net/softnic: add softnic PMD " Jasvinder Singh
2017-06-26 16:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/2] net/softnic: sw fall-back " Jasvinder Singh
2017-06-26 16:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] net/softnic: add softnic PMD " Jasvinder Singh
2017-08-11 12:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/4] net/softnic: sw fall-back pmd for traffic mgmt and others Jasvinder Singh
2017-08-11 12:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/4] net/softnic: add softnic PMD Jasvinder Singh
2017-09-05 14:53 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-09-08 9:30 ` Singh, Jasvinder
2017-09-08 9:48 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-09-08 10:42 ` Singh, Jasvinder
2017-09-18 9:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/4] net/softnic: sw fall-back pmd for traffic mgmt and others Jasvinder Singh
2017-09-18 9:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/4] net/softnic: add softnic PMD Jasvinder Singh
2017-09-18 16:58 ` Singh, Jasvinder
2017-09-18 19:09 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-09-18 9:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/4] net/softnic: add traffic management support Jasvinder Singh
2017-09-25 1:58 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2017-09-28 8:14 ` Singh, Jasvinder
2017-09-29 14:04 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/5] net/softnic: sw fall-back pmd for traffic mgmt and others Jasvinder Singh
2017-09-29 14:04 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/5] net/softnic: add softnic PMD Jasvinder Singh
2017-09-29 14:04 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/5] net/softnic: add traffic management support Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-06 16:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/5] net/softnic: sw fall-back pmd for traffic mgmt and others Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-06 16:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/5] net/softnic: add softnic PMD Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-09 12:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/5] net/softnic: sw fall-back pmd for traffic mgmt and others Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-09 12:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/5] net/softnic: add softnic PMD Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-09 20:18 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-10 10:08 ` Singh, Jasvinder
2017-10-10 10:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/5] net/softnic: sw fall-back pmd for traffic mgmt and others Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-10 10:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/5] net/softnic: add softnic PMD Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-11 23:18 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-12 8:22 ` Singh, Jasvinder
2017-10-10 10:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/5] net/softnic: add traffic management support Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-10 10:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 3/5] net/softnic: add TM capabilities ops Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-10 10:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 4/5] net/softnic: add TM hierarchy related ops Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-10 10:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 5/5] app/testpmd: add traffic management forwarding mode Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-10 18:24 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-10 18:31 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/5] net/softnic: sw fall-back pmd for traffic mgmt and others Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-10 19:09 ` Singh, Jasvinder
2017-10-09 12:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/5] net/softnic: add traffic management support Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-09 12:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/5] net/softnic: add TM capabilities ops Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-09 12:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 4/5] net/softnic: add TM hierarchy related ops Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-09 12:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 5/5] app/testpmd: add traffic management forwarding mode Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-09 20:17 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-10 10:07 ` Singh, Jasvinder
2017-10-06 17:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/5] net/softnic: add traffic management support Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-06 17:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/5] net/softnic: add TM capabilities ops Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-06 17:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 4/5] net/softnic: add TM hierarchy related ops Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-06 17:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 5/5] app/testpmd: add traffic management forwarding mode Jasvinder Singh
2017-10-06 18:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/5] net/softnic: sw fall-back pmd for traffic mgmt and others Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-09 11:32 ` Singh, Jasvinder
2017-09-29 14:04 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/5] net/softnic: add TM capabilities ops Jasvinder Singh
2017-09-29 14:04 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 4/5] net/softnic: add TM hierarchy related ops Jasvinder Singh
2017-09-29 14:04 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 5/5] app/testpmd: add traffic management forwarding mode Jasvinder Singh
2017-09-18 9:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/4] net/softnic: add TM capabilities ops Jasvinder Singh
2017-09-25 2:33 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2017-09-28 8:16 ` Singh, Jasvinder
2017-09-18 9:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/4] net/softnic: add TM hierarchy related ops Jasvinder Singh
2017-09-25 7:14 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2017-09-28 8:39 ` Singh, Jasvinder
2017-09-20 15:35 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/4] net/softnic: sw fall-back pmd for traffic mgmt and others Thomas Monjalon
2017-09-22 22:07 ` Singh, Jasvinder
2017-10-06 10:40 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-10-06 12:13 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-08-11 12:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/4] net/softnic: add traffic management support Jasvinder Singh
2017-08-11 12:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/4] net/softnic: add TM capabilities ops Jasvinder Singh
2017-08-11 12:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/4] net/softnic: add TM hierarchy related ops Jasvinder Singh
2017-09-08 17:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/4] net/softnic: sw fall-back pmd for traffic mgmt and others Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-06-26 16:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/2] net/softnic: add traffic management ops Jasvinder Singh
2017-05-26 18:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH " Jasvinder Singh
2017-06-07 14:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] net/softnic: sw fall-back for traffic management Thomas Monjalon
2017-06-08 13:27 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-06-08 13:59 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-06-08 15:27 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-06-08 16:16 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-06-08 16:43 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-07-04 23:48 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-07-05 9:32 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-07-05 10:17 ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2017-08-11 15:28 ` Stephen Hemminger
2017-08-11 16:22 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
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