From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0279A04AF; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 11:35:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B0B91D530; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 11:35:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [216.205.24.124]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 612121B6C5 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 11:35:23 +0200 (CEST) Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1601285721; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=4TadStYnNouaKzg61mxWbAxecanhJtaVKGWWuiDsl1w=; b=I7YVyE0p5mix367wMioGQv89zYUBzYXQWYiQvGraHdNOYPXMJYocVdVQts5na21RYkabWZ mOMCj57d1N5qoVc2pOJfJBgqaHdKBbrWRZnktMsbb6L6UFx6tjXPbxdWK+EvLTw0+cPJzd OyOZ1caI302yC4mj481ho6ADwhGdtLg= Received: from mail-vs1-f70.google.com (mail-vs1-f70.google.com [209.85.217.70]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-15-wW2DvQFOPM-k-7hutftXzQ-1; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 05:35:19 -0400 X-MC-Unique: wW2DvQFOPM-k-7hutftXzQ-1 Received: by mail-vs1-f70.google.com with SMTP id y129so113601vsy.22 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 02:35:19 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=4TadStYnNouaKzg61mxWbAxecanhJtaVKGWWuiDsl1w=; b=k5Ae5QCNNrkI1zQA0KEoEW5r95KZ6VGwQa3clRObs/8V9qfcuZktxdt1G8/wkblhnw SR81VBMo95aMhpr00fEmm6LPyPPvSPhnQVhV9EuRDC6dafR6yIq6M9oZjmGqpoDyxW5s vIED8n3IIOZnvjQORBAXpAr1OCkv8nJM0jISMFdTPbRMRQge62c1cSaEQyoTLAohOwsF 2k7kz+UxZqQhUuPBHIMBjKROAIEj+yNff9uc1zapohgnRgumfFQyV7iecwwhJF3u8duG 2ZBFpE55ADUNdxpnpuyCE8EshPTTzPPyeB/7ahNvQ6AevwKN2GFKu+Tt4w+d25/xmnQm SKrw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533sPIbt5JCiXl1neksg6NLgpOK+K0FJ2/f8PorbRIh7SGigQyUg xA+sH81NmblbldRcTu7o6+RO6dbcYapHmQCAVfWvVoBKljQXJ4TfhpzCf5ZVE/51AtL705IwDDV vqYK4ey6E1Vvqb0Y/YsU= X-Received: by 2002:a67:fd44:: with SMTP id g4mr5089184vsr.18.1601285718643; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 02:35:18 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxY876BqEN3fFPLdy3m1pXGBMWrkxOI/NNuqrgVbWISf3EvPd0AAnFcz+Yv0FMN7nav362A8KVWv20YwNz83P0= X-Received: by 2002:a67:fd44:: with SMTP id g4mr5089168vsr.18.1601285718389; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 02:35:18 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200708212335.25338-1-dmitry.kozliuk@gmail.com> <20200927214732.12783-1-dmitry.kozliuk@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200927214732.12783-1-dmitry.kozliuk@gmail.com> From: David Marchand Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 11:35:07 +0200 Message-ID: To: Dmitry Kozlyuk Cc: dev , Neil Horman , ci@dpdk.org, Thomas Monjalon , Timothy Redaelli , Luca Boccassi Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=dmarchan@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/3] pmdinfogen: rewrite in Python 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: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Hello Dmitry, On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 11:48 PM Dmitry Kozlyuk wrote: > > This patchset implements existing pmdinfogen logic in Python, replaces > and removes the old code. The goals of rewriting are: > * support pmdinfo on Windows ? :-) > * easier maintenance by using a more high-level language, > * simpler build process without host application and libelf. > > Travis CI script is adjusted to install python3-pyelftools, but other CI > systems may need similar tweaking. Particularly, testing on FreeBSD and > big-endian targets is desired. This new requirement will impact mainly distribution packagers, developers and the CI. While I think this is fine for the first two categories (python-elftools is now available on most distributions, and you can also pip install it), the last category is a concern. If we want to move forward with this patch, this must be addressed in a timely manner as we don't want to break the CI. -- David Marchand