From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-qc0-f170.google.com (mail-qc0-f170.google.com [209.85.216.170]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32141B345 for ; Tue, 8 Jul 2014 02:26:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-qc0-f170.google.com with SMTP id l6so4627205qcy.15 for ; Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:27:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=cAxSbWaPX5RwTt2acQs5SAFBfKWQu4cdL4kn1RJ2tLM=; b=qOPIlJrKgAhCdCB7uZ0GqLVYTi46rMwL0AOoffK/oLzhYbUYvw5CPCv17nsZBFmvmh u/Y2h1kzlzoNIE6uS2POKKBLY5gUkRvcb34oTtjb3JZdL8f8hakflKD61RJHtGdI4zj8 g+Nn/LS8UAchxQSDotW3XAyn/3K/ct1ogVGtckferRHghmzANPaTW/NFkg1xqyVse4mX vYwTM2P6QzITVxygszrADHcR9QZMk804TGD9smoUDvQlQndQb/1UH5uMR41WwbGFdPfK 2vEB3OeK6AlH5j35YGpYqzeWZKfYtQs4/25ajsEDfQyAezdNcIPEO2TQF2/ReYODVqJe dPhQ== X-Received: by 10.224.69.202 with SMTP id a10mr53572684qaj.100.1404779222638; Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:27:02 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.96.31.68 with HTTP; Mon, 7 Jul 2014 17:26:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Irfan Zia Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 05:26:22 +0500 Message-ID: To: Derek Wasely , "dev@dpdk.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.15 Cc: Irfan A -VPE Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Tilera Native DPDK. Re: non-x86 ? Re: Would DPDK run on AMD processors 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: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 00:26:41 -0000 Derek, If the customer allows it ; more details could become available. Meanwhile it will be their prerogative to contribute. This is briefly explained at: http://paxym.com/Paxym_Updates_Multicore_SW.html#DPDK-Native-Tilera-Port thanks! -irfan On Mon, Jul 8, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Derek Wasely wrote= : can u explain more? May I test it...what card is needed ? On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 1:06 AM, Irfan Zia wrote: > > hi Derek, > we completed a DPDK port onto the Tilera's TILE-GX architecture > 'Natively' for a customer. Specifically it was on the Gx-36 (36 Tiles) PC= Ie > card. Their team is able to directly take their Host DPDK apps (NFV > modules and tunnels generators) and reuse them on the TileNcore-36 PCIe > card 'as-is', Allowing them to build their system with much economical > and lower power host CPU (Atom 330). > > we are currently completing similar port for Cavium's OCTEON -II. > > And Yerden is right, we had to resolve many intriguing technical > issues ;-) > > -irfan > VP Eng > Paxym Inc. > www.paxym.com > > > On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Yerden Zhumabekov > wrote: > >> Intel DPDK is intentionally being developed to bring support of packet >> processing >> to Intel processors. In order to provide high performance in packet >> processing, >> developing Intel DPDK requires rather good optimization, like extensive >> use of >> SSE intrinsics etc. Hence it demands x86 arch. >> >> Since Intel DPDK is opensource, there is no license restriction to run >> it on any arch, >> but I guess one will face rather intriguing technical issues doing that = :) >> >> 03.07.2014 19:35, Derek Wasely =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: >> > how about running DPDK on other processors ? Any licensing >> restriction on using it on non-x86 arch ? Does it work automatically on >> say PPC or OCTEON ? >> >> -- >> Sincerely, >> >> Yerden Zhumabekov >> STS, ACI >> Astana, KZ >> >> >