From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07537CD8CA8 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2026 10:19:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B77A7402BE; Tue, 9 Jun 2026 12:19:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fhigh-a6-smtp.messagingengine.com (fhigh-a6-smtp.messagingengine.com [103.168.172.157]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ECDD4025E for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2026 12:19:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from phl-compute-02.internal (phl-compute-02.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailfhigh.phl.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80C2D1400166; Tue, 9 Jun 2026 06:19:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phl-frontend-03 ([10.202.2.162]) by phl-compute-02.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:19:03 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm1; t=1781000343; x=1781086743; bh=auNzyxHzqhB8ZicvtgbeSeYMiSP/7wmNy/tocWoglic=; b= lPLDDCZ4xpqguYE6jxZym+rDkgbzquKcCZQJr4J6qLXyQf8y+P8usSZeH1ZLJA2f eU/8AZpkah8TZxLg7iIG8WJ95/xglXpt8nUIHuyyCwTiYFvuy1tyBBu/FkdTrx8y 9YPiBhmkaCegX0NQ9TgI/LTxPveALmUs2/kDpu5rX4vaMwdXhIC/EfrobZcbOjB1 hWD3n7jv4HtAtCwZ1LED2XTUpTCqK06H0ufmChxZO/baL/NyMsLURjgJDAe1ygDc zWNTZ5X6aIcDYceLFFLP5bLNRQPwdLVHhIqQJIeCPKbQE6wVCDk8uw7/FjSNZ8Ia mUfkfKQEEEIBbf90n7gbhQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id :from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; t=1781000343; x= 1781086743; bh=auNzyxHzqhB8ZicvtgbeSeYMiSP/7wmNy/tocWoglic=; b=P YOGvzrRevLQhPIg7EYvIcS2VPbEk/F9eIfvOmZjM2zKD1uRsoEVTgDe1YhtOTlx/ kcMHigZh8tSzqS82KFs8szmeF7J6kqgYQa5kNmETVELJe+VWEmz482YLyLmCiirO wG1vNmjbPZbpXNp89Kok1FWzwP9fQ4xMb5z1sykA7Rk9ju5prg+6ZsBZbfQBjCix EAggK3anBgv2wQU5Xf9q+AVk0pmApzT5k3Yv2aTlHA//JX+UjfgEXRhvI7Ojr/K0 kvYEBGi39cXMgXYQYOXc+0evd5winSn8CYoISJEsl0QQt58G/HIpqC2E3WYlOao0 Th6LiaBQtH8uDxhJPhNaA== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: dmFkZTFKthcx/0uGQCdGgbZIwy2IFgpR5nDQ6Ob25Ia8hfqEJ2WnwlXweEh0IwJwM1Obl8 tdZRDxzyaQcG5npqNGDFiMp+gg/zQO2pEZqF9IfZz61GMpUvrEd3Q+5YMVXC2Y6wB+Weqa i+D1EmaGyHqyFNY+zMjtKAFKzqIAjnSewiw7mMS04ulreKkqMtp5kyp3UgXQzZl02Ts/6M ELPvKiP963MWosfaX0j9HTqhOFtqPlcOfMeGmARrPJsG5Qb6UX0c2Xolz1D40fBjrsKyBy d6zLyWJoRmp/dUFT1uUst2+XpkzpFIe84hkB35bz85JRaaHnhCqn/Pa4hsOPVnDqiih3aU PfmM3DhsTIhd5iMqTInMqsIv2jtbu5KgoRyO/cPR6K+RJucVBIjvGgcutgQUsA7OAeTx8/ fIEmSm9l4Wiw8mGiTrjO8Xl9AhsxEuPMduApjV3JE+P2Jnnml5jlAMY57LWBLGbI/u+H3g M4aJXkNFUWGOl+na3vcSDJKtzciVAZ0iSpyaqIzVBAJpEwbam5zUa1mbUoWpxy4i6TovZq QFJbUqHIRlpHjbImeT2vnWSRfcmMsOJM8fVwxZqRFeds97zIOkR/hd4WMxJmPko0SK6DI7 qWghhaqIDdFG981x6ZHkBP7nTUO5Om02fQI8VmnltcCMO2rEhMe2QUQ2PUFg X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i47234305:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Tue, 9 Jun 2026 06:19:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: "liujie5@linkdatatechnology.com" Cc: stephen , dev Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 00/20] net/sxe2: added Linkdata sxe2 ethernet driver Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:19:00 +0200 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <202606091748234877352@linkdatatechnology.com> References: <20260608074257.3043531-21-liujie5@linkdatatechnology.com> <202606091748234877352@linkdatatechnology.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org 09/06/2026 11:48, liujie5@linkdatatechnology.com: > Hi Thomas Monjalon, > > Thank you for your review and for guiding me on the mailing list workflow. > > > Please could you send your new series as a reply of the v1 cover letter? > > It would avoid having a large indent in mail clients. > > Got it. I will configure git send-email with "--in-reply-to" bound to the > v1 cover letter Message-ID for the next version of this patch set. > Apologies for the inconvenience caused by the deep threading. > > > Also I'm still waiting for a reply to my question about the need > > for drivers/common/sxe2/. > > I'm not going to pull any sxe2 patch into main until you explain. > > Regarding the necessity of the "drivers/common/sxe2/" directory, the sxe2 > hardware architecture is designed to support both standard NIC and vDPA > (vHost Data Path Acceleration) functionalities. > > The code currently placed in "drivers/common/sxe2/" contains the foundational > Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL), firmware interfaces (AdminQ), and common > register definitions. > > Apart from the "net/sxe2" PMD in this series, we are actively implementing the > "vdpa/sxe2" driver, which will be submitted in a subsequent patch set. Both the > "net/sxe2" and "vdpa/sxe2" drivers strictly depend on this shared common HAL > layer to manage the same hardware core. Separating this code into "drivers/common/" > is essential to prevent massive code duplication between the net and vdpa > subsystems in the near future. > > Please let me know if this clarifies your concern. Once confirmed, I will > send out the updated v15 series as a reply to the v1 cover letter immediately. OK thank you, it's clear.