rc1 / call for review

rc1 / call for review

[Thomas Monjalon]

Hello,

There is a new tag: 1.8.0-rc1. It's not really a release candidate,
it's a first step toward the new release including:
	- mbuf rework
	- logs rework
	- some eal cleanups
	- extended statistics
	- fixes for i211 and ixgbe
	- removal of rte_snprintf and RTE_PCI_DRV_MULTIPLE

In the next weeks, the features which are already sent must be properly
reviewed, tested and integrated in this coming new release.
Having more eyes to look at the discussed patches would be very helpful.

Thanks everyone
-- 
Thomas

Re: rc1 / call for review

[Matthew Hall]

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:23:58PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 	- mbuf rework
> 	- logs rework
> 	- some eal cleanups

Hi Thomas,

I was curious, did we happen to know if any of these three changes affected 
the external API's much?

It would help us get some idea what to test and where to look, since mbuf, 
logs, and eal are probably the three most popular parts of DPDK for us app 
hackers to interact with regularly.

Thanks,
Matthew.

Re: rc1 / call for review

[Thomas Monjalon]

2014-09-29 14:33, Matthew Hall:
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:23:58PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 	- mbuf rework
> > 	- logs rework
> > 	- some eal cleanups
> 
> I was curious, did we happen to know if any of these three changes affected 
> the external API's much?
> 
> It would help us get some idea what to test and where to look, since mbuf, 
> logs, and eal are probably the three most popular parts of DPDK for us app 
> hackers to interact with regularly.

You're right.
During integration time, app hackers should be able to check the git history
for these API changes.
When it will be officially released, there will be some notes in the
documentation to help porting applications.

-- 
Thomas

Re: rc1 / call for review

[Matthew Hall]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 06:52:45AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> You're right.
> During integration time, app hackers should be able to check the git history
> for these API changes.
> When it will be officially released, there will be some notes in the
> documentation to help porting applications.

It works for commercial apps where we have 40 hrs / week to look. But for my 
open source app I guess I just have to do step 1) compile, step 2) pray that 
it still works. ;)

Matthew.