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From: "Chautru, Nicolas" <nicolas.chautru@intel.com>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Cc: Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal@nxp.com>, "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
	"Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
	"Yigit, Ferruh" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 10/13] baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec: add configure function
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 22:48:21 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BY5PR11MB44515DC5F72FDDF61EC8FD04F8650@BY5PR11MB4451.namprd11.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5002345.Tnmucr0XKv@thomas>

> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> 26/06/2020 03:14, Chautru, Nicolas:
> > > From: Thomas Monjalon
> > > 25/06/2020 02:30, Chautru, Nicolas:
> > > > > From: Thomas Monjalon :
> > > > > 02/05/2020 01:15, Chautru, Nicolas:
> > > > > > Hi Akhil, Thomas,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Following up on that previous discussion below so that to
> > > > > > confirm whether
> > > > > there is an available option to handle this usecase within DPDK repo.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Basically traditional deployment for VRAN relies on BBDEV/DPDK
> > > > > > running
> > > > > within container where the workload is processed behind BBDEV
> > > > > API bounded to a VF of the accelerator, all that is fully
> > > > > covered currently in
> > > 20.05.
> > > > > > Conversely an application from baremetal still has to be run
> > > > > > at initialization
> > > > > to do the required register poking to PF MMIO so that to
> > > > > configure the HW so that the VF is functional. Without this it
> > > > > is not possible to use the VF driver form within the container.
> > > > > Said otherwise the BBDEV VF PMD cannot be even tested with DPDK
> > > > > repo (only the PF PMD with the workaround discussed in the previous
> discussion).
> > > > > > That small userspace application is purely doing mmap and
> > > > > > writing to
> > > > > register based on xml file input (relying on igb_uio bounded to
> > > > > PF, or other vanilla kernel module) and has no dependency on
> > > > > rest of DPDK (DPDK would not be installed outside of the
> > > > > container since no packet or wireless workload is actually run from
> there).
> > > > > > Is that sensible to add such a small companion application
> > > > > > within the
> > > > > related PMD directory even if it has no dependency on DPDK
> > > > > libraries per se, only the fact that is required just to be able
> > > > > to use BBDEV from the
> > > VF.
> > > > > > On one hand I see reason not to do this as this is not a DPDK
> > > > > > application per
> > > > > se, but that companion HW application is still required to be
> > > > > able for anyone to use BBDEV driver + being within the same repo
> > > > > enforces that there is no risk of version mismatch. The other
> > > > > option being to put that on a separate repo outside of DPDK
> > > > > causing fragmentation of
> > > ingredients across repos.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I wanted to check whether you had any strong opinion on this
> > > > > > topic and
> > > > > whether a patch with such a companion simple user application
> > > > > may be approved.
> > > > >
> > > > > I feel it is best to have the required app in the PMD directory,
> > > > > as in "batteries included".
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Thomas,
> > > > For such a companion application to configure the HW within the
> > > > PMD
> > > directory I want to confirm two things before pushing a patch :
> > > > 	- This is okay with you for it to build outside of the DPDK build flow.
> > > Ie. Separate Makefile, not planning meson support. Again zero DPDK
> > > libraries dependency.
> > >
> > > I think it should be built as part of the PMD.
> > > Why not?
> >
> > For the same reason as above : you would not deploy this companion
> application in the same OS or container/VM as DPDK; they would be built
> without dependency on each other, but still provided together so that you
> can actually have all the ingredients in one place without mismatch and be
> able to actually use the PMD will all required ingredients in one place.
> 
> OK I missed the DPDK environment is not the same as the environment of the
> companion application.
> 
> > Also based on the dependency below, even if adding option to build within
> same DPDK meson framework, it would not build by default by anyone as the
> dependency repo would be lacking.
> 
> What is the dependency? I assume it is freely and easily downloadable.
> 
> > For that reason that would be a bit artificial to me to be built with the PMD
> really, but I could be convinced otherwise.
> > Any thought Thomas?
> 
> OK
> If you think the application is tightly related to the PMD, I think it could be
> hosted with it.
> 
> 
> > > > 	- This is okay with you for it to have dependency on other open-
> > > source library to build it. Ie. we are currently linking to this
> > > https://github.com/benhoyt/inih (BSD license) as a simple input
> > > config file parsing.
> > >
> > > No problem with dependencies.
> 
> 

Hi, 
Note that the related contribution is capture on this new patchset.
http://patches.dpdk.org/patch/73785/

Thanks
Nicolas

  reply	other threads:[~2020-07-10 22:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-03-30  0:02 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/13] drivers/baseband: add PMD for FPGA 5GNR FEC Nicolas Chautru
2020-03-30  0:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/13] bbdev: add capability flag for filler bits inclusion in HARQ Nicolas Chautru
2020-03-30  0:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 02/13] bbdev: expose device HARQ buffer size at device level Nicolas Chautru
2020-03-30  0:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/13] drivers/baseband: add PMD for FPGA 5GNR FEC Nicolas Chautru
2020-03-30  0:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 04/13] baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec: add register definition file Nicolas Chautru
2020-03-30  0:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/13] baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec: add device info_get function Nicolas Chautru
2020-04-16 18:15   ` Akhil Goyal
2020-04-16 21:20     ` Chautru, Nicolas
2020-03-30  0:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 06/13] baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec: add queue configuration Nicolas Chautru
2020-04-11  3:13   ` Xu, Rosen
2020-04-14  0:16     ` Chautru, Nicolas
2020-04-15  6:13       ` Xu, Rosen
2020-04-15 15:51         ` Chautru, Nicolas
2020-04-16  1:09           ` Xu, Rosen
2020-03-30  0:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 07/13] baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec: add LDPC processing functions Nicolas Chautru
2020-03-30  0:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/13] baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec: add HW error capture Nicolas Chautru
2020-03-30  0:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/13] baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec: add debug functionality Nicolas Chautru
2020-03-30  0:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 10/13] baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec: add configure function Nicolas Chautru
2020-04-15 15:40   ` Power, Niall
2020-04-16 19:30   ` Akhil Goyal
2020-04-16 21:45     ` Chautru, Nicolas
2020-05-01 23:15       ` Chautru, Nicolas
2020-05-04 17:19         ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-06-25  0:30           ` Chautru, Nicolas
2020-06-25  8:13             ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-06-26  1:14               ` Chautru, Nicolas
2020-06-26 10:08                 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-10 22:48                   ` Chautru, Nicolas [this message]
2020-03-30  0:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 11/13] baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec: add harq loopback capability Nicolas Chautru
2020-03-30  0:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 12/13] baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec: add interrupt support Nicolas Chautru
2020-04-16 18:43   ` Akhil Goyal
2020-03-30  0:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 13/13] doc: add feature matrix table for bbdev devices Nicolas Chautru
2020-04-15 15:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/13] drivers/baseband: add PMD for FPGA 5GNR FEC Power, Niall

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