From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f51.google.com (mail-wm0-f51.google.com [74.125.82.51]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3C10532D for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 21:23:15 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f51.google.com with SMTP id n129so32964908wmn.0 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:23:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:to:cc:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references:user-agent :subject:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=mqGebxFWb9VvODMVp7IVfIAMEKMVorIxfGGZ4gUjlGc=; b=pneyLYqiRbtNI7Zl8mVTDGTKaAHqEeRHhh8den8nXMuiUxb5PDcL4ErD6ovNAqjJmq ozlAs5RmBOfgJEP51CTOHRerUIMJZeAF1ql60FITweXHmW3eg0v70mkYq0geQU2/in7f OyIi5MrRYPhQvgr+M6WC9X2VWPEfEKm9sU5Lk3chXor07Hm/RaN9hHlDfOSeYn4KZ9ad Cmru3qUvaTd6/6a1uBwLID3y/q8SohMkom3XoVD1wdnwSKhErpydEHOoWRwhAmY7nt7l bvna7daNPFGTgx+1IC3VBfRBRFWCKEnc1djdIVHv4wrDzXc7POKBbn2FaYI4nFd0H2St +jJQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references:user-agent:subject:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=mqGebxFWb9VvODMVp7IVfIAMEKMVorIxfGGZ4gUjlGc=; b=JBak9lvOYywmQ4lQqAuyxaRfkwzke3IneJmok4s7lW/fy5n0H7pdRQjKJwbAI5VwfG o7BR8SjXv6DqH8a7h+Du54+N+7IDuQDCyPHYY0Efs7YgUyeO7O1ooakZ9vcNbOoYfzzs art+8DsFXnG8rm6sYzgUU8OuCpmrc7jAiKZW+mIr9sbeoxpn0TVm+jHu+Kqmw3dbOpsD tDYOyXKsTzqlv42df8+/o3brcmHDdwEv6R915iXQeuEddHcvkqUcPZz08hgYH0nOFidN DkD0ZusGjfij3ccK/JIH47EBF6ZrXUOEIDyVqfKWJtaD6kZPRZ8WWBs4Dyq8SuGcjD7E nDfw== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXLDzXkhuIc6WNiSPaH3s72KdPuLYQOubbwwJhxc1d9CSdBniW5wJ/7a8PBuDeNItGh4 X-Received: by 10.28.213.133 with SMTP id m127mr3145116wmg.90.1484079795481; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:23:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.67.243.191] ([80.215.207.46]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 123sm14003963wml.6.2017.01.10.12.23.13 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:23:14 -0800 (PST) From: Vincent Jardin To: "Zhang, Helin" , "Lu, Wenzhuo" , CC: "Lu, Wenzhuo" , "'JOSHI, KAUSTUBH'" , "'DANIELS, EDWARD'" , "'ZELEZNIAK, ALEX'" Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 21:23:12 +0100 Message-ID: <1598a0c7f80.27fc.bb328046f2889bc8f44aafa891a44dd2@6wind.com> In-Reply-To: References: <1480637533-37425-1-git-send-email-wenzhuo.lu@intel.com> <1484032580-60134-1-git-send-email-wenzhuo.lu@intel.com> User-Agent: AquaMail/1.7.1-88 (build: 100700100) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 00/25] Support VFD on i40e 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: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 20:23:16 -0000 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. Best regards, Vincent