From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.lysator.liu.se (mail.lysator.liu.se [130.236.254.3]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01E622BF7 for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2018 22:08:07 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.lysator.liu.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82A2840015 for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2018 22:08:07 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 7119140014; Thu, 23 Aug 2018 22:08:07 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on bernadotte.lysator.liu.se X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.4.1 X-Spam-Score: -0.3 Received: from [192.168.1.59] (host-90-232-97-171.mobileonline.telia.com [90.232.97.171]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2F43240010; Thu, 23 Aug 2018 22:08:04 +0200 (CEST) To: Jerin Jacob Cc: dev@dpdk.org, bruce.richardson@intel.com References: <20180711210844.5467-1-mattias.ronnblom@ericsson.com> <20180711210844.5467-2-mattias.ronnblom@ericsson.com> <20180722113254.GA30026@jerin> <20180819061148.GA31779@jerin> <20180823134430.GA16161@jerin> From: =?UTF-8?Q?Mattias_R=c3=b6nnblom?= Message-ID: <74b543df-e8fa-e44d-cf27-3597b37b34b5@ericsson.com> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 22:08:04 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20180823134430.GA16161@jerin> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC 1/1] eventdev: add distributed software (DSW) event device 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: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 20:08:08 -0000 On 2018-08-23 15:44, Jerin Jacob wrote: > -----Original Message----- >> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:08:29 +0200 >> From: Mattias Rönnblom >> To: Jerin Jacob >> CC: dev@dpdk.org, bruce.richardson@intel.com >> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC 1/1] eventdev: add distributed software (DSW) >> event device >> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 >> Thunderbird/52.9.1 >> >> >> On 2018-08-19 08:11, Jerin Jacob wrote: >>> I would like to include this driver for v18.08. Please send the next >>> the version in order to complete review before giving RC1 pull request. >>> >> >> I've been working on a test bench with real packet I/O and some more >> reasonable load to verify load balancing behavior and tune some >> parameters to let it have a chance to perform in a real-world application. >> >> Currently, the only experience comes from a pipeline simulator without >> real I/O, and where new packets are always available, plus some very >> limited experience from a prototype integration in a real product. >> >> All this to feel somewhat comfortable it will perform in a product. >> >> I think 18.08 will be difficult. When would you need to have something >> ready to meet that deadline? > > It is OK to postpone to v19.02 if it is difficult. > > According to https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/, The integration deadline for v18.11 is October 5, 2018. > Considering it only driver change, two/three weeks would be enough to review it. So September mid > would be a reasonable target. OK, sounds like 18.11 might be doable. Thanks. Do you mark drivers experimental, just to warn people there might be dragons? Or is that just APIs? I've been planning to run it on a system with a weak memory model, too. If someone want to help out here, that would be appreciated.