From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Monjalon Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] Problem running dpdk-qat example in SR-IOV mode Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 17:43:16 +0100 Message-ID: <1834186.BtXV0yjv0z@xps13> References: <5068483.Xs10W06zQs@xps13> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Cc: "Trahe, Fiona" , dev@dpdk.org, Pankaj Joshi , users@dpdk.org To: "De Lara Guarch, Pablo" Return-path: Received: from mail-wr0-f174.google.com (mail-wr0-f174.google.com [209.85.128.174]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72EF15911 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2017 17:52:26 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wr0-f174.google.com with SMTP id 89so25420288wrr.3 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2017 08:52:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 2017-02-23 16:18, De Lara Guarch, Pablo: > > From: Thomas Monjalon > > 2017-02-20 11:53, Trahe, Fiona: > > > The dpdk-qat example app is an earlier mechanism of wrapping a QAT > > driver into DPDK - it's not using the cryptodev API, and depends on both a > > kernel driver and user-space libs from a QAT package. > > > Unless you have a really good reason for using this (like you wanted to > > use the older Cave Creek device) I would recommend you use the cryptodev > > API. > > > > Could we remove this obsolete example? > > This is a good point. How can we proceed with this? As it is a sample application, > does it require a deprecation notice? I don't think so. You just have to send a patch. Thanks