From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f48.google.com (mail-wm0-f48.google.com [74.125.82.48]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9316567F for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2017 12:07:00 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f48.google.com with SMTP id n11so9584175wma.0 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2017 04:07:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hEnqDNyvumBtx//SqmddO4CbREq+7gSz9seIdBrbtnw=; b=dksxFqni4x5ldoUTOeUBFgu6sz92bYA+hSSatG27/u2mFVtITyxSCfCS1g1hQO7OzG 660w2Qdf6stAv6ifQzivSC/zhY/1IzY3lUeIUS3dEqg4A3Xk7XbAJuCxjt5NzEYO7lGa /nVIQSwuHfhfVt+0We/1WZ/fxgdqRzmiBVBtLnLzqKXOdP0/TxFp6h8QPJC1Y0wAsoe3 HzC0Ao5DksPqg6MxPDRh1fIa51e+kvOJQn2DL+O+QtZhD5ahOdk7+5xgLcfTyoUOfxX/ L5WxnyOQH78Oe8YiSKvsaSZH094ftUszage+AQHg6KjJUTcNSido89Zv5dIbv7SVIRhK 8R7Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hEnqDNyvumBtx//SqmddO4CbREq+7gSz9seIdBrbtnw=; b=FqQ/sP+FIuZyus/QNPhizDEku/5nv3jy7SRuV8nJv8aqqXZjxruXP9Yg4b/tWy0+jr dpCp6WZvVTCE7jWzNohJCTVxGEErbXMkXVLpwFGyzkOJ1oLCBM23mEEkqvcqqZxzJYPJ f9f2Q7WnQQPfTKJy5Hzu1av6f1u0G0aCw+j4cXDLtM7JhTdB8AfGNiS+yxe+dF8JE/D0 N7+GVz6zKOaP7xkuRALqGCENxx+5L8OkIoxL2TbTzP+AWtT54xvZ+K9hL+GDb22VOvl/ jPXF7DcPFRVS/BlD9rlrEt5FBoh7JqSGCw5SOs4IHZxCh25slxPHxNbiADy7td0anmL/ vkeA== X-Gm-Message-State: AFeK/H1cOLjlnxb3JF0P7MsnX++6hK+F3W/GDhb0pqYHAdv5i8P9iz9JcSPBhm5WT4PbsfDd X-Received: by 10.28.32.70 with SMTP id g67mr2314207wmg.3.1490094420596; Tue, 21 Mar 2017 04:07:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xps13.localnet (237.204.154.77.rev.sfr.net. [77.154.204.237]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q74sm15276432wrb.68.2017.03.21.04.06.58 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 21 Mar 2017 04:06:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Hobywan Kenoby Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" , "Wiles, Keith" , Jason Wang , Vincent JARDIN , Stephen Hemminger , "O'Driscoll, Tim" , "Legacy, Allain (Wind River)" , "Yigit, Ferruh" , dev@dpdk.org, "Jolliffe, Ian (Wind River)" , Markus Armbruster , Stefan Hajnoczi Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 12:06:57 +0100 Message-ID: <3578075.djz4J5e4HI@xps13> User-Agent: KMail/4.14.10 (Linux/4.5.4-1-ARCH; KDE/4.14.11; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: <1488414008-162839-1-git-send-email-allain.legacy@windriver.com> <20170317155036-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/17] Wind River Systems AVP PMD vs virtio? - ivshmem is back 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: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:07:01 -0000 Yes, DPDK can be used to promote underlying commercial hardware or software, as long as it is fair and not intrusive. Please promote more products by becoming an Open Source contributor ;) 2017-03-20 22:30, Hobywan Kenoby: > If AVP was an upstream device of Qemu or Linux kernel that would be very natural to have a DPDK PMD (setting aside my comments on a preferred single virtual device). > > As far as I know this is not the case. > > Because of that, one could see the AVP PMD as a way to leverage open source to promote proprietary technology. That is the heart of the problem with the proposal. > > So I would recommend waiting for an upstream qemu support to consider AVP in DPDK . > > FF > ________________________________ > From: dev on behalf of Michael S. Tsirkin > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 2:52:06 PM > To: Thomas Monjalon > Cc: Wiles, Keith; Jason Wang; Vincent JARDIN; Stephen Hemminger; O'Driscoll, Tim; Legacy, Allain (Wind River); Yigit, Ferruh; dev@dpdk.org; Jolliffe, Ian (Wind River); Markus Armbruster; Stefan Hajnoczi > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/17] Wind River Systems AVP PMD vs virtio? - ivshmem is back > > On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 09:48:38AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > I think there is one interesting technological point in this thread. > > We are discussing about IVSHMEM but its support by Qemu is confused. > > This feature is not in the MAINTAINERS file of Qemu. > > Please Qemu maintainers, what is the future of IVSHMEM? > > You should try asking this question on the qemu mailing list. Looking at > archives, Jan Kiszka was the last one who expressed some interest in > this device. > > -- > MST