From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nbfkord-smmo02.seg.att.com (nbfkord-smmo02.seg.att.com [209.65.160.78]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DEFC1396 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:12:15 +0100 (CET) Received: from unknown [193.34.186.16] (EHLO webmail.solarflare.com) by nbfkord-smmo02.seg.att.com(mxl_mta-7.2.4-7) with ESMTP id 0ba96c85.2b11dd214940.47321.00-2479.98805.nbfkord-smmo02.seg.att.com (envelope-from ); Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:12:16 +0000 (UTC) X-MXL-Hash: 58c69ab0084d107e-0fe5a817a45ce7850b924aa99c746a555e279ce2 Received: from unknown [193.34.186.16] (EHLO webmail.solarflare.com) by nbfkord-smmo02.seg.att.com(mxl_mta-7.2.4-7) over TLS secured channel with ESMTP id caa96c85.0.47316.00-2387.98792.nbfkord-smmo02.seg.att.com (envelope-from ); Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:12:13 +0000 (UTC) X-MXL-Hash: 58c69aad7fa7d9d2-30fdfe8889a8b879f13a2aea58bbcd2bcc00ed35 Received: from [192.168.38.17] (84.52.89.52) by ukex01.SolarFlarecom.com (10.17.10.4) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1044.25; Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:12:08 +0000 To: Ferruh Yigit , References: <1488438439-14776-1-git-send-email-arybchenko@solarflare.com> <1488438439-14776-5-git-send-email-arybchenko@solarflare.com> <4cf94090-f110-2d83-c1d8-648719153196@intel.com> From: Andrew Rybchenko Message-ID: Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:12:03 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4cf94090-f110-2d83-c1d8-648719153196@intel.com> X-Originating-IP: [84.52.89.52] X-ClientProxiedBy: ocex03.SolarFlarecom.com (10.20.40.36) To ukex01.SolarFlarecom.com (10.17.10.4) X-TM-AS-Product-Ver: SMEX-11.0.0.1191-8.100.1062-22938.003 X-TM-AS-Result: No--4.101000-0.000000-31 X-TM-AS-User-Approved-Sender: Yes X-TM-AS-User-Blocked-Sender: No X-AnalysisOut: [v=2.1 cv=Ndfgoj34 c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=8P+NB+fYZDP74ap4g4d9Kw==] X-AnalysisOut: [:17 a=RB3BGLmKESwA:10 a=6Iz7jQTuP9IA:10 a=zRKbQ67AAAAA:8 a] X-AnalysisOut: [=zPLykp4JGcGL47jJnWsA:9 a=pILNOxqGKmIA:10 a=QyXUC8HyAAAA:8] X-AnalysisOut: [ a=6ive74AIzvjo7mcXhaAA:9 a=UT7_CqAXsC2X8TOA:21 a=_W_S_7Ve] X-AnalysisOut: [coQA:10 a=PA03WX8tBzeizutn5_OT:22 a=avl4LiGQNoF5OB0DmCJ7:2] X-AnalysisOut: [2] X-Spam: [F=0.2000000000; CM=0.500; S=0.200(2015072901)] X-MAIL-FROM: X-SOURCE-IP: [193.34.186.16] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.15 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 04/13] net/sfc: factor out libefx-based Rx datapath 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: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:12:16 -0000 On 03/05/2017 12:05 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > On 3/2/2017 7:07 AM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote: >> Split control and datapath to make datapath substitutable and >> possibly reusable with alternative control path. > Does it make sense to document how alternative control path can be used? Possibility to use alternative control path is just a raw idea right now without real implementation. Yes, the split is done taking the possibility into account, but it is just a design. So, I think right now it is sufficient just mention it. >> libefx-based Rx datapath is bound to libefx control path, but >> other datapaths should be possible to use with alternative >> control path(s). >> >> Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko > <...>