From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFC13C70E for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 17:39:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga003.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.29]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 31 Jul 2015 08:39:49 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.15,585,1432623600"; d="scan'208";a="533754592" Received: from pgsmsx104.gar.corp.intel.com ([10.221.44.91]) by FMSMGA003.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 31 Jul 2015 08:39:49 -0700 Received: from shsmsx103.ccr.corp.intel.com (10.239.4.69) by PGSMSX104.gar.corp.intel.com (10.221.44.91) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.224.2; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 23:39:48 +0800 Received: from shsmsx104.ccr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.5.45]) by SHSMSX103.ccr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.4.38]) with mapi id 14.03.0224.002; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 23:39:40 +0800 From: "Zhang, Helin" To: Thomas Monjalon Thread-Topic: config files maintenance Thread-Index: AQHQy6L2U6UVPprO9E6ycQAnRsT1/J31sekA//98iICAAIeJ8A== Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:39:40 +0000 Message-ID: References: <2490473.jjJga3lrlm@xps13> <3062043.oWgikOttml@xps13> In-Reply-To: <3062043.oWgikOttml@xps13> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.239.127.40] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] config files maintenance 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: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:39:51 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon@6wind.com] > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2015 8:31 AM > To: Zhang, Helin > Cc: Ananyev, Konstantin; Richardson, Bruce; dev@dpdk.org > Subject: Re: config files maintenance >=20 > 2015-07-31 15:29, Zhang, Helin: > > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon@6wind.com] > > > Can we remove i40e bulk alloc option? > > > > As the receiving functions are different for bulk_alloc or not, we need= this flag. >=20 > What brings the non bulk alloc function? Bulk-alloc means it will allocate mbufs in bulk, which was added before we = supporting Vector PMD long long ago, to show the possible better performance. I think all was disabled by default, and later it is enabled by default for= Linux. > Why is it disabled for BSD? So now the question is can it be enabled for BSD by default, right? I guess yes, but others may give the accurate answer. Regards, Helin