Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/17] Support ARMv7 architecture

[Jan Viktorin <viktorin@rehivetech.com>]

On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 15:54:47 +0100
David Marchand <david.marchand@6wind.com> wrote:

> Hello Jan,
> 
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Jan Viktorin <viktorin@rehivetech.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hello DPDK community,
> >
> > this is the third attempt to post support for ARMv7 into the DPDK.
> > There are changes related to the LPM and ACL libraries only:
> >
> > * included rte_vect.h, however, it is more a placeholder
> > * rte_lpm.h was simplified due to the previous point
> > * ACL now compiles as we detect whether the compiler
> >   supports SSE 4.1
> >  
> 
> This patchset looks good to me (with the minor comments I sent).
> And armv8 support should fit quite well in this.
> 
> A last few things :
> - checkpatch is not happy with some patches, can you have a look at this ?

I will check this.

> - can you update the 2.2 release notes as part of this patchset to announce
> armv7 support ?

Yes, but where?

> - I am not really sure the acl et lpm fixes really belong to this patchset
> as a more larger cleanup is necessary to have all libraries compile fine on
> non-x86

So, you mean to omit those and disable them all? The LPM and ACL fixes
will be then included in 2.3?

> - since you introduce a new architecture, do you intend to run daily build
> checks and send reports to the test-report mailing list ?

I think, this is possible, if I automate it somehow. Do you mean to
test every individual patch? I have no tools for this (some ideas?). If
its just about git pull && test_script.sh, then it is quite OK.

I'd appreciate some help, ideas, advices, experiences in this area...

> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 

Jan

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