On 7/28/2022 7:29 AM, Morten Brørup wrote:
Let me try to give a trivial example of how it would work
to make sure we're on the same page and then we can get
back to details..
Thanks you, Don.
Now it's perfectly clear what EAL should do and we can discuss API.
I think this RFC is an excellent proposal!
Thanks Morten and Dmitry. Great to hear that. When we have a
patch ready, will post on the list.
Long term, I also hope that it can lead to the removal of the mbuf->buf_iova
field, making it available for other purposes - e.g. moving the mbuf->next field
up here, so rte_pktmbuf_free(), rte_pktmbuf_prefree_seg() and other functions don't
have to touch the mbuf's second cache line anymore.
Yes, it does seem possible that this could be done once the fixed
translation logic is in place.
