From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (out4-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F8CB4F9C for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 15:38:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6DA121BCD; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 09:38:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 18 Nov 2018 09:38:57 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=mesmtp; bh=aAcgETexIFD41PD//tILXpptJ/Jr7sb47FoH1mkfWeQ=; b=blnd4u7ZInuy TVgXKw7ToAJoFofmk1EpOydvXTK8criNkdQJvnaVa24VQTC+UtvaMwd+/NajG/hS ZYSM5fdaS0x4XNXskqaqaBRN3+YtsUCdSvSaPdDBMHH6aH5isnvUIJuDMVA0q8Oh rL1iEBxaKQCi39hRObw759ohF0eL84s= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=aAcgETexIFD41PD//tILXpptJ/Jr7sb47FoH1mkfW eQ=; b=TTzW/57htt+PDNYJO6jpvhc91nWKTUEENYjJv1BQMSjsB+XEANWGmKLJH zWk766TF5CM0VhTtjaykMG7LLGqj/hhRAHjKwGp/AgodufRwoeubevs0Wjx1D+SN fuqS3MwJ6s0EZB3wRvx9+h0TF7qBg3/vusoIzR9aOYkJfY7iigirjgwtZBtAYPOn IToeAKInAGNtNfDo4ml1o747azcsXSrFzToftWpiduxA1u6m9m/Hg0bO2H57QWxY LtHysJB/1EkiuuB9bNIbXCsWNZYG3FalN70DXhzeZDjy5envE0u3aLfVuWkkJjjQ j/74whO/G1Dk5oxk6G5zfST6Bw1Aw== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 6F413102E0; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 09:38:56 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Mit Matelske Cc: dev@dpdk.org, stephen@networkplumber.org, shahafs@mellanox.com, Yongseok Koh Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 15:38:55 +0100 Message-ID: <4060784.NMgGY7Cv01@xps> In-Reply-To: <1203238912.103536.1542300483728.JavaMail.zimbra@perftech.com> References: <1203238912.103536.1542300483728.JavaMail.zimbra@perftech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] mlx5 under FreeBSD 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: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 14:38:58 -0000 15/11/2018 17:48, Mit Matelske: > Is anyone working to include support for the mlx5 PMD under FreeBSD? I think Stephen (Cc) looked at it. > I've started down this road by building Linux compatibility layers for the required Netlink and Ethtool calls in the driver, but would gladly accept help and advice from those much more knowledgeable then myself! Cc also mlx5 maintainers. > Though not important, why did Mellanox build a PMD that relied on the kernel driver being in place unlike most other PMDs? Because it allows to choose which flows go to DPDK and which ones are processed by the kernel. Actually, you should ask why other PMDs don't have this feature ;)