From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Monjalon Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] vmxnet3: replace Intel driver Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 19:14:20 +0200 Message-ID: <1812257.SL2iW8YYEL@xps13> References: <20140514185527.771828962@networkplumber.org> <20140514185752.176396147@networkplumber.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Cc: dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org, Stephen Hemminger To: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20140514185752.176396147-OTpzqLSitTUnbdJkjeBofR2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org> List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org Sender: "dev" Hi Stephen, 2014-05-14 11:55, Stephen Hemminger: > Replace the Intel VMXNET3 driver with the one developed by Brocade. > The Intel code was a missing features, and had style and other issues. > > Major changes: > - supports multi-segment > - supports vlan offload > - per queue stats > > Fixes: > - link update reports link change correctly > - allows reconfiguration of # of queues > (original code would have too small memzone). > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger We cannot replace a driver by another one without comparing performances. Actually there is no good reason to remove an implementation if some people are willing to maintain it. Please send a patch to import your vmxnet3 PMD as extension in a separated repository like these ones: http://dpdk.org/browse This way, we can have a first integration step and discuss/test this implementation during the next release cycle. Thank you for contributing -- Thomas