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 A19DF8D86 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2015 12:24:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from hmsreliant.think-freely.org ([2001:470:8:a08:7aac:c0ff:fec2:933b] helo=localhost) by smtp.tuxdriver.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1a45WU-0000Mr-49; Wed, 02 Dec 2015 06:24:35 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 06:24:28 -0500 From: Neil Horman To: Vincent JARDIN Message-ID: <20151202112428.GA22216@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> References: <26FA93C7ED1EAA44AB77D62FBE1D27BA674705F1@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> <20151130171655.70e4ce25@xeon-e3> <20151201100333.GA32252@bricha3-MOBL3> <565DAE6E.5040102@redhat.com> <565DB356.9060602@6wind.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <565DB356.9060602@6wind.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) X-Spam-Status: No Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] 2.3 Roadmap 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: Wed, 02 Dec 2015 11:24:41 -0000 On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 03:48:54PM +0100, Vincent JARDIN wrote: > On 01/12/2015 15:27, Panu Matilainen wrote: > >The problem with that (unless I'm missing something here) is that KNI > >requires using out-of-tree kernel modules which makes it pretty much a > >non-option for distros. > > It works fine with some distros. I do not think it should be an argument. > Strictly speaking it _works_ fine with all distros. The problem is that some choose not to use out of tree modules, and that will limit dpdk's reach. which is not what you want. Neil