From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Maxime Coquelin Subject: 18.08 Red Hat roadmap Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2018 18:53:20 +0200 Message-ID: <2c252a40-c1cc-4639-d940-23ad23acf708@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "dev@dpdk.org" Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx3-rdu2.redhat.com [66.187.233.73]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B706A5F11 for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2018 18:53:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4ECBB40BC05B for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2018 16:53:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.36.112.47] (ovpn-112-47.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.112.47]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DF4AD10E51A1 for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2018 16:53:21 +0000 (UTC) Content-Language: en-US List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Hi, For 18.08 release, the main feature we plan to contribute is packed ring layout for both Vhost library and Virtio PMD.For ones interested in the feature, its specification is a good starting point [0]. The work from Jens Freimann will be rebased on top of Vhost library rework already submitted. These refactorings consist in unifying the mergeable and non-mergeable dequeue paths [1], and generalize the use of buffer vectors in the dequeue path [2]. With this, the packed ring layout integration should be lighter. Another feature we plan to contribute is the Noisy VNF forwarding mode addition to testpmd. This work was already submitted by Jens during last cycles [3]. Regards, Maxime [0]: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/blob/master/packed-ring.tex [1]: http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-May/103114.html [2]: http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-June/103701.html