Re: [PATCH v6 0/4] Implementation of ML common code

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

07/02/2023 17:00, Srikanth Yalavarthi:
> Machine Learning common code
> ----------------------------
> 
> This patch series implements the common ML code that can be used by
> ML drivers. Common code include functions to convert ML IO type to
> string, IO format type to string, function get size of ML IO type,
> and functions for converting data types from higher precision to
> lower precision and vice-versa.
> 
> Data type conversion functions support handling float32, float16,
> bfloat16, uint8, int8, uint16 and int16. Two versions of conversion
> functions are implemented in the series, generic scalar version and
> vector version using Arm NEON intrinsics. When compiling DPDK for
> platform supporting Arm NEON, vector NEON version of the routines would
> be enabled. Compilation would fall back to generic scalar versions on
> platform like x86_64 / PowerPC etc., that don't support Arm NEON.
> 
> Srikanth Yalavarthi (4):
>   mldev: add headers for internal ML functions
>   mldev: implement ML IO type handling functions
>   mldev: add scalar type conversion functions
>   mldev: add Arm NEON type conversion routines

Applied with a bit of split & squashing, thanks.