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[204.195.120.218]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id i7-20020a17090332c700b001892af9472esm9722275plr.261.2022.12.20.11.06.57 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:06:57 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:06:55 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> To: Srikanth Yalavarthi <syalavarthi@marvell.com> Cc: <dev@dpdk.org>, <sshankarnara@marvell.com>, <jerinj@marvell.com>, <aprabhu@marvell.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] implementation of ML common code Message-ID: <20221220110655.0f27867d@hermes.local> In-Reply-To: <20221220175256.31302-1-syalavarthi@marvell.com> References: <20221212172108.17993-1-syalavarthi@marvell.com> <20221220175256.31302-1-syalavarthi@marvell.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions <dev.dpdk.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/options/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/> List-Post: <mailto:dev@dpdk.org> List-Help: <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/listinfo/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Tue, 20 Dec 2022 09:52:52 -0800 Srikanth Yalavarthi <syalavarthi@marvell.com> wrote: > Machine Learning common code > ---------------------------- > > This patch series implements the common ML code that can be used by > ML drivers. Common code include functions to convert ML IO type to > string, IO format type to string, function get size of ML IO type, > and functions for converting data types from higher precision to > lower precision and vice-versa. > > Data type conversion functions support handling float32, float16, > bfloat16, uint8, int8, uint16 and int16. Two versions of conversion > functions are implemented in the series, generic scalar version and > vector version using Arm NEON intrinsics. When compiling DPDK for > platform supporting Arm NEON, vector NEON version of the routines would > be enabled. Compilation would fall back to generic scalar versions on > platform like x86_64 / PowerPC etc., that don't support Arm NEON. > > > Srikanth Yalavarthi (4): > common/ml: add initial files for ML common code > common/ml: add common utility functions > common/ml: add scalar type conversion functions > common/ml: add Arm NEON type conversion routines Ok, but much more is needed. Where is the documentation? Where are the tests? Where is an example? Need a driver that uses it