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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/softnic: add support for service cores
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 00:23:59 +0100
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07/01/2019 17:50, Dumitrescu, Cristian:
>=20
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Cristian Dumitrescu
> > Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 4:05 PM
> > To: dev@dpdk.org
> > Cc: Singh, Jasvinder <jasvinder.singh@intel.com>
> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/softnic: add support for service cores
> >=20
> > Add support to run the Soft NIC device on service cores, based on the
> > value of the sc parameter:
> >=20
> > 0: The current Soft NIC device is run explicitly by the application. The
> >    firmware creates one or several pipelines for this dev and maps them
> >    to CPU cores that should not be service cores. The app is required to
> >    call rte_pmd_softnic_run() to make this dev work.
> >=20
> > 1 (default): The current device is run on the service cores transparent=
ly
> >    to the app. The firmware creates one or several pipelines for this d=
ev
> >    current device and maps them to CPU cores that should be service cor=
es.
> >    Each of these service cores is calling rte_pmd_softnic_run()
> >    in order to make this dev work with no app intervention.
> >=20
> > Signed-off-by: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jasvinder Singh <jasvinder.singh@intel.com>
> > ---
>=20
> Applied to next-qos tree, thanks!

It does not compile with 32-bit toolchain:

drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic_thread.c:140:28: error:
cast between incompatible function types
from =E2=80=98int (*)(uint16_t)=E2=80=99 {aka =E2=80=98int (*)(short unsign=
ed int)=E2=80=99}
to =E2=80=98int32_t (*)(void *)=E2=80=99 {aka =E2=80=98int (*)(void *)=E2=
=80=99}
  service_params.callback =3D (rte_service_func)rte_pmd_softnic_run;
                            ^

=46ixing in-tree.