From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3E2EA0528; Thu, 9 Jul 2020 14:26:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78ED21E87B; Thu, 9 Jul 2020 14:26:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5060A1E877 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 2020 14:26:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute7.internal (compute7.nyi.internal [10.202.2.47]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id B96825C003F; Thu, 9 Jul 2020 08:26:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute7.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 09 Jul 2020 08:26:57 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=fm1; bh= 6NnHu8jOiNSFpbmDgBMIiPVJDNLlEYs548P32sFi7fs=; b=jOg3SCKbit20EDnV 3Bwt5soga92V+C9Z7AHoL2JOMt8vHAdUhKRP4oEMCL3OiQ6atsaOKrfxPMqYjBrW gpi1zWTXXABwQWtQHT5u6LUbNUIEVgFu/3rC3LlO+OCtmauiAGB9qfHwQFvhRTUI hOhZjVi8qQ6G0J5HaBLdmLpuH77osKok+n3lA4QnTBW4bXjJ+ywt0INPl7LRXI3+ gTWlG5giT3aGJF7taTepQJM7Pw1EprMfTfgoAeBHHIgoE80KWh9RLyzJfBAbTRVC oRcJIDIATfzKkbYTU3z2/Uc+ejehSVELzA9kCsZGSkjEYoyBxQIVf3pE+lIh9Nu0 ktzbqg== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; bh=6NnHu8jOiNSFpbmDgBMIiPVJDNLlEYs548P32sFi7 fs=; b=rqiGIDHcA11u1S4DZ4R19738doYvBuT2E1InJKE0Va1rm1vqekk9V/Tgy O4g7t4W6AhNRz6iPDeepmcxeoToO058GrauKdZ5pDghh9jy8EfkFhuJ8MMEzAND0 dYpPtXXrvyLwAEPIZ1q5sv6YHWA9uO7p0vzfAT7TYSY0LVQAZH5gzr8r62iGllTZ W2CGksn8Jzwy//tyFlpAGstcL8rqDVQgY+/j1qQtv81adqtbjTYhXvg/iSBe8fTc rn4Y0hlFr8Emo045quKTLiKgNKZQ+tZybE3v8GSI25N2l4/WUwCCz3JbhBzuY4T0 B0JoHOJMsy05+gLw1IpNMW6RCQZgg== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduiedrudelgdehfecutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenuc fjughrpefhvffufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhmrghs ucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenucggtf frrghtthgvrhhnpedugefgvdefudfftdefgeelgffhueekgfffhfeujedtteeutdejueei iedvffegheenucfkphepjeejrddufeegrddvtdefrddukeegnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuih iivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepthhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhho nhdrnhgvth X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 55CE530653F0; Thu, 9 Jul 2020 08:26:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Viacheslav Ovsiienko Cc: dev@dpdk.org, matan@mellanox.com, rasland@mellanox.com, olivier.matz@6wind.com, bernard.iremonger@intel.com, mb@smartsharesystems.com Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2020 14:26:54 +0200 Message-ID: <10029338.slByJQ0L2h@thomas> In-Reply-To: <1594223249-24629-1-git-send-email-viacheslavo@mellanox.com> References: <1591771085-24959-1-git-send-email-viacheslavo@mellanox.com> <1594223249-24629-1-git-send-email-viacheslavo@mellanox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] mbuf: introduce accurate packet Tx scheduling 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: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 08/07/2020 17:47, Viacheslav Ovsiienko: > There is the requirement on some networks for precise traffic timing > management. The ability to send (and, generally speaking, receive) > the packets at the very precisely specified moment of time provides > the opportunity to support the connections with Time Division > Multiplexing using the contemporary general purpose NIC without involving > an auxiliary hardware. For example, the supporting of O-RAN Fronthaul > interface is one of the promising features for potentially usage of the > precise time management for the egress packets. [...] > lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c | 1 + > lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h | 4 ++++ > lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_dyn.h | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+) I think this feature should be added in the release notes.