From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp.tuxdriver.com (charlotte.tuxdriver.com [70.61.120.58]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AEF37F69 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:50:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from uucp by smtp.tuxdriver.com with local-rmail (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1XpIM3-00010W-Me; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 10:00:07 -0500 Received: from linville-x1.hq.tuxdriver.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by linville-x1.hq.tuxdriver.com (8.14.8/8.14.6) with ESMTP id sAEEjbiI003214; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 09:45:37 -0500 Received: (from linville@localhost) by linville-x1.hq.tuxdriver.com (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id sAEEjaCg003213; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 09:45:36 -0500 Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 09:45:36 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Neil Horman Message-ID: <20141114144536.GC1893@tuxdriver.com> References: <1405024369-30058-1-git-send-email-linville@tuxdriver.com> <1898542.t3c6y266ZQ@xps13> <20141113111428.GA13253@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> <1958929.j3reG6p4bY@xps13> <20141114004208.GA14230@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20141114004208.GA14230@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Cc: dev@dpdk.org, John Linville Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] librte_pmd_packet: add PMD for AF_PACKET-based virtual devices X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:50:06 -0000 On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 07:42:08PM -0500, Neil Horman wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 12:57:25PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 2014-11-13 06:14, Neil Horman: > > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 02:03:18AM -0800, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > > 2014-10-08 15:14, Neil Horman: > > > > > On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 05:57:46PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > > > > If RedHat is committed for its maintenance, it could integrated in release 1.8. > > > > > > But I'd like it to be renamed as pmd_af_packet (or a better name) instead of > > > > > > pmd_packet. > > > > > > > > > > > John L. is on his way to plumbers at the moment, so is unable to comment, but > > > > > I'll try to get a few cycles to change the name of the PMD around. And yes, I > > > > > thought that maintenance was implicit. He's the author, of course he'll take > > > > > care of it :). And I'll be glad to help > > > > > > > > Do you have time in coming days to rebase and rename this PMD for inclusion > > > > in 1.8.0 release? > > > > Do you think a sub-tree with pull request model would help you for > > maintenance of this PMD? > > > I think thats a question for John to answer, but IMHO, I don't think the pmd > will have such patch volume that subtrees will be needed. I haven't touched DPDK in a while, and I'm a bit busy... When would you need it for 1.8.0? John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.