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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/17] Enhance mlx5 with Mellanox OFED 3.1
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On Mon,  5 Oct 2015 19:54:35 +0200
Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com> wrote:

> Mellanox OFED 3.1 [1] comes with improved APIs that Mellanox ConnectX-4
> (mlx5) adapters can take advantage of, such as:
> 
> - Separate post and doorbell operations on all queues.
> - Lightweight RX queues called Work Queues (WQs).
> - Low-level RSS indirection table and hash key configuration.
> 
> This patchset enhances mlx5 with all of these for better performance and
> flexibility. Documentation is updated accordingly.

Has anybody explored doing a driver without the dependency on OFED?
It is certainly possible. The Linux kernel drivers don't depend on it.
And dropping OFED would certainly be faster.