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From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] net/mlx5: rework hardware structures
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 17:14:26 +0100
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On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 02:18:02PM +0200, Nelio Laranjeiro wrote:
> Rework Work Queue Element (aka WQE) structures to fit PMD needs.
> A WQE is an aggregation of 16 bytes elements known as "data segments"
> (aka dseg).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>

Hi Nelio,

can you give a bit more detail in the commit message here. What are the "PMD
needs" that must be met, and how is the WQE reworked to meet them?

Thanks,
/Bruce