From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EC9D2C64 for ; Thu, 26 May 2016 12:59:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga004.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.48]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 26 May 2016 03:59:57 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.26,367,1459839600"; d="scan'208";a="110859214" Received: from bricha3-mobl3.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.237.220.104]) by fmsmga004.fm.intel.com with SMTP; 26 May 2016 03:59:55 -0700 Received: by (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 26 May 2016 11:59:54 +0025 Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 11:59:54 +0100 From: Bruce Richardson To: Stephen Hurd Cc: dev@dpdk.org Message-ID: <20160526105953.GG11928@bricha3-MOBL3> References: <1463179589-82681-1-git-send-email-stephen.hurd@broadcom.com> <1463179589-82681-15-git-send-email-stephen.hurd@broadcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1463179589-82681-15-git-send-email-stephen.hurd@broadcom.com> Organization: Intel Shannon Ltd. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 15/40] bnxt: alloc/free ring information 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: Thu, 26 May 2016 10:59:58 -0000 On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 03:46:04PM -0700, Stephen Hurd wrote: > Perform allocation and free()ing of ring information structures for > TX, RX, and completion rings. > A bit more detail would be useful here. What are the information structures and how are they used? We've already had two previous patches each for RX and TX, which add structures and allocs/frees, so how is this different from them. Would it make sense to merge in this allocation with other allocation patches? [Not saying it would, just asking :-)] /Bruce