From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen-OTpzqLSitTUnbdJkjeBofR2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Thomas Graf <tgraf-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "dev-yBygre7rU0TnMu66kgdUjQ@public.gmane.org"
<dev-yBygre7rU0TnMu66kgdUjQ@public.gmane.org>,
dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org,
Gerald Rogers
<gerald.rogers-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
dpdk-ovs-y27Ovi1pjclAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH RFC] dpif-netdev: Add support Intel DPDK based ports.
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 10:42:18 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140129104218.48c9a1a0@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52E936D9.4010207-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 18:14:01 +0100
Thomas Graf <tgraf-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On 01/29/2014 05:34 PM, Vincent JARDIN wrote:
> > Thomas,
> >
> > First and easy answer: it is open source, so anyone can recompile. So,
> > what's the issue?
>
> I'm talking from a pure distribution perspective here: Requiring to
> recompile all DPDK based applications to distribute a bugfix or to
> add support for a new PMD is not ideal.
>
> So ideally OVS would have the possibility to link against the shared
> library long term.
>
> > I get lost: do you mean ABI + API toward the PMDs or towards the
> > applications using the librte ?
>
> Towards the PMDs is more straight forward at first so it seems logical
> to focus on that first.
>
> A stable API and ABI for librte seems required as well long term as
> DPDK does offer shared libraries but I realize that this is a stretch
> goal in the initial phase.
I would hate to see the API/ABI nailed down. We have lots of bug fixes
and new drivers that are ready to contribute, but most of them have some
change to existing ABI.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-01-29 18:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-01-28 1:48 [PATCH RFC] dpif-netdev: Add support Intel DPDK based ports pshelar-l0M0P4e3n4LQT0dZR+AlfA
[not found] ` <1390873715-26714-1-git-send-email-pshelar-l0M0P4e3n4LQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-28 4:49 ` Ben Pfaff
[not found] ` <20140128044950.GA4545-l0M0P4e3n4LQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-28 5:28 ` [ovs-dev] " Pravin Shelar
[not found] ` <CALnjE+pFMa86Uz_9LZiZ3p-VzJwazQ18kwfZ62m6=2LZqQA7tA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-28 14:47 ` Vincent JARDIN
[not found] ` <52E7C31A.7050409-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-28 15:54 ` Thomas Graf
[not found] ` <52E7D2A8.400-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-28 18:20 ` Pravin Shelar
2014-01-28 17:56 ` Pravin Shelar
[not found] ` <CALnjE+qT-zCany+1t53paHmwkycJsftbEex6Q=OfEqQPNOt5nA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-29 0:15 ` Vincent JARDIN
[not found] ` <52E8482D.10804-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-29 19:32 ` Pravin Shelar
2014-01-28 15:48 ` Thomas Graf
[not found] ` <52E7D13B.9020404-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-28 18:17 ` [ovs-dev] " Pravin Shelar
[not found] ` <CALnjE+rP29s8mkiKPtppt-a8jMn-B2qS7+re2ZBd8bK46ozUPA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-29 8:15 ` Thomas Graf
[not found] ` <52E8B88A.1070104-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-29 10:26 ` Vincent JARDIN
[not found] ` <52E8D772.9070302-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-29 11:14 ` Thomas Graf
[not found] ` <52E8E2AB.1080600-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-29 16:34 ` Vincent JARDIN
[not found] ` <52E92DA6.9070704-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-29 17:14 ` Thomas Graf
[not found] ` <52E936D9.4010207-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-29 18:42 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2014-01-29 20:47 ` François-Frédéric Ozog
2014-01-29 23:15 ` Thomas Graf
2014-03-13 7:37 ` David Nyström
2014-01-29 8:56 ` Prashant Upadhyaya
[not found] ` <C7CE7EEF248E2B48BBA63D0ABEEE700C5A2A24F762-2zbAqoMm/rLQX//ci7WS+53eMK7GYZcrXYFosVITYPE@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-29 21:29 ` Pravin Shelar
[not found] ` <CALnjE+rXdqzo2y9tKevsu7R5=kp-do+Yhv1Nr7Q9jKEC5Ror3A-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-30 10:15 ` Prashant Upadhyaya
[not found] ` <C7CE7EEF248E2B48BBA63D0ABEEE700C5A2A24F97D-2zbAqoMm/rLQX//ci7WS+53eMK7GYZcrXYFosVITYPE@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-30 16:27 ` [dpdk-dev] " Rogers, Gerald
2014-01-29 10:01 ` [ovs-dev] " Thomas Graf
[not found] ` <52E8D17C.8050100-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-29 21:49 ` Pravin Shelar
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