From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6980A052A; Sat, 28 Nov 2020 18:41:15 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C996C90E; Sat, 28 Nov 2020 18:41:13 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-pg1-f194.google.com (mail-pg1-f194.google.com [209.85.215.194]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98B1FC904 for ; Sat, 28 Nov 2020 18:41:11 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-pg1-f194.google.com with SMTP id o4so4589567pgj.0 for ; Sat, 28 Nov 2020 09:41:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=7GL0ZGwll9g3Muc9OT/9sTzr2BVmDAsUbN1J2Otytz8=; b=Zd5ZrOsVHPJuCEC9YJI7hLIad7U8zzjX4LDZ0UoQml8zTalAfWbmpSgbKneQlgyTr8 sjiImNfvXWJ/1F0C9yC8V0esCx7vSg5Ls1ezZWeXVcNG4lNaOFfBJD2aUxa1/V9mXUyJ ayJpiJOmrCGUFOkXcLKBIQZb7qadWlfYj9vDMm6GqIoJCVzRpEpXN+ONc72IRGTbsizp Liljl8CAEkA43293l2vIIcRHdbgv3QWvag/rb5iIIjnpcjW5r9US8rXN/6X7CDBCFOvs tvLR9z9E51lLYDWMTs128Yoc6g0jOnO829m/1A5/kNck7w2Stv9X+5rApWku3tBe+9/i Wqxg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=7GL0ZGwll9g3Muc9OT/9sTzr2BVmDAsUbN1J2Otytz8=; b=uoDWfrlj8p1GVzeGLZ9/2r/FEFvV7+ESbVMms9o0nsnIzDtZexrXooN23Ni5z6lHGH 5sRtyoF5YSXAwCHgziEIZyYOjgh1S4FqVkT8tRI26f0WsTaWn0A3sQ/3prHuVFLe8kDI jjLzgiDJeGIacCEHEufqomM0wtfZD7iDmokHLaeCpcloEYTDIjlE1YOu9QwRk+8kMFiZ yHDo17sHDn/L6nIWWYOUkZnxLr26Lin+8pHVh57KvK7X+6pO8lGf1Hbuixor9p+y+mXf 1rfEvi0ojLG6ev4+goU1mf4uleW45OPc2bdrXclGFvSwdvfGcqdaZT1o8ZaBj1DnAnkl 20NA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530+j5C2yuLjomg3FFVugENhVmkcRrNTbYAWJddv2QF9+Crc80vc iUkN6wtAz3cd1koEaR8kYj2+WA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyJRQcgnBHN9+yuwpQwX4BSDKZ7sCZEqrvq6n3Al7rSyJHx9Nq3rdze6tkEzKjZNbNzC+PCPQ== X-Received: by 2002:a63:ad4a:: with SMTP id y10mr10996319pgo.176.1606585269675; Sat, 28 Nov 2020 09:41:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-22-127.wavecable.com. [204.195.22.127]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b10sm15399691pju.27.2020.11.28.09.41.08 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 28 Nov 2020 09:41:09 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 09:40:55 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Thomas Monjalon Cc: Ferruh Yigit , dev@dpdk.org, matan@nvidia.com, asafp@nvidia.com, shys@nvidia.com, "K. Y. Srinivasan" , Madhan Sivakumar Message-ID: <20201128094055.23882e61@hermes.local> In-Reply-To: <15404332.k47CZtomYU@thomas> References: <20200915020341.28742-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <3dbdbdb8-1e03-72c9-7619-b06048146465@intel.com> <20200915074705.2fa9cb4a@hermes.lan> <15404332.k47CZtomYU@thomas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] MAINTAINERS remove experimental tag from vdev_netvsc X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:41:55 +0200 Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 15/09/2020 16:47, Stephen Hemminger: > > Ferruh Yigit wrote: > > > On 9/15/2020 3:03 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > > Vdev_netvsc has been around for several years. It no longer needs > > > > to be marked experimental. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger > > > > --- > > > > -Microsoft vdev_netvsc - EXPERIMENTAL > > > > +Microsoft vdev_netvsc > > > > M: Matan Azrad > > > > F: drivers/net/vdev_netvsc/ > > > > F: doc/guides/nics/vdev_netvsc.rst > > > > > > As far as I remember 'vdev_netvsc' was interim solution until 'netvsc' > > > was ready. In this patchset 'netvsc' is also becoming mature. > > > > > > Wouldn't be easier to keep 'vdev_netvsc' experimental to be able to > > > remove it soon? > > > > Let me discuss with Long Li and management. > > Maybe replace EXPERIMENTAL with DEPRECATED in 20.11. > > Would be strange to switch from experimental to deprecated :) > > +Cc Matan > > I think you still need this platform driver (with failsafe and tap) > in case you need rte_flow. Or is it well supported with netvsc PMD? This needs more discussion. Netvsc PMD does not support rte_flow because there is not a good/complete implementation of rte_flow library in pure software form. It might be possible using the BPF stuff that tap supports. I do not know of anybody who is using vdev_netvsc/failsafe with rte_flow. Part of the problem is that the TAP implementation of rte_flow supports a much smaller subset of features than the VF device (MLX).