From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga09.intel.com (mga09.intel.com [134.134.136.24]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE3F43238 for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 22:21:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga005.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.32]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 16 Oct 2016 13:21:13 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.31,355,1473145200"; d="scan'208";a="20161196" Received: from irsmsx110.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.3.25]) by fmsmga005.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 16 Oct 2016 13:21:11 -0700 Received: from irsmsx108.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.11.164]) by irsmsx110.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.3.25]) with mapi id 14.03.0248.002; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 21:21:10 +0100 From: "O'Driscoll, Tim" To: Thomas Monjalon , Stephen Hemminger CC: "dev@dpdk.org" Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] 17.02 Roadmap Thread-Index: AdIjEO/XuwgAwtvSSO2S83/x+sibwwDJzxuAAAXmPAAAZpeY8A== Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:21:10 +0000 Message-ID: <26FA93C7ED1EAA44AB77D62FBE1D27BA675F6808@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <26FA93C7ED1EAA44AB77D62FBE1D27BA675F11C5@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> <20161014102945.641b866e@xeon-e3> <1558423.Do1gQogAzQ@xps13> In-Reply-To: <1558423.Do1gQogAzQ@xps13> Accept-Language: en-IE, en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-titus-metadata-40: eyJDYXRlZ29yeUxhYmVscyI6IiIsIk1ldGFkYXRhIjp7Im5zIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvd3d3LnRpdHVzLmNvbVwvbnNcL0ludGVsMyIsImlkIjoiODE2NDA5OTUtMGZhNy00NzM2LWFjMjItNGE0YjQ0ODRiYWRkIiwicHJvcHMiOlt7Im4iOiJDVFBDbGFzc2lmaWNhdGlvbiIsInZhbHMiOlt7InZhbHVlIjoiQ1RQX0lDIn1dfV19LCJTdWJqZWN0TGFiZWxzIjpbXSwiVE1DVmVyc2lvbiI6IjE1LjkuNi42IiwiVHJ1c3RlZExhYmVsSGFzaCI6Im1leGllY0pFQ2xGdE9iQW9hMTdvWFpWSVRYMGdvMHk4MCswaHhLKzliRnM9In0= x-ctpclassification: CTP_IC x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.181] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] 17.02 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: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:21:14 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon@6wind.com] > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2016 9:19 PM > To: Stephen Hemminger > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; O'Driscoll, Tim > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] 17.02 Roadmap >=20 > 2016-10-14 10:29, Stephen Hemminger: > > It seems like a lot of these feature are focused too narrowly on > exposing > > features that exist on specific Intel hardware. The concept of a > general > > purpose Dataplane Development Kit is that applications can be written > that > > have a generic API (like any operating system) that will run on a wide > > variety of hardware. This concept seems to getting lost as the DPDK > is > > becoming more of a platform for exposing what ever cool hardware > features > > exist. > > > > I would propose that no new feature be allowed in the DPDK unless it > > can be supported on all device types. Yes that means you have to build > > and test software emulation layers for all other devices. The current > > model is more of a hardware test bed. >=20 > Thanks for the reminder Stephen. It is good goal. > I think the software emulation idea is finding its way. > About forbidding new hardware feature without emulation support, > it has to be discussed. We have a roadmap discussion on Thursday morning at the Userspace event in Dublin. The aim is to discuss any gaps in the roadmap and see what can be=20 done to address them. I think this would be a great topic to discuss then.