Hi, On the contrary! I am aware that Freescale has been engaged for some time in DPDK. I was responding to Margaret's contention that future contributors (and she called out ARM and SOC vendors) should have a voice.
I hope that clarifies my position and meaning. Thanks, Dave. On 11/02/2015 12:44 PM, Bagh Fares wrote: > As SOC vendor we will contribute heavily to the project. Example crypto > acceleration. We already contribute a lot to the linux community. > So not sure why the doubt about of contribution? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Neary [mailto:dneary at redhat.com] > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 11:31 AM > To: CHIOSI, MARGARET T <mc3124 at att.com>; Stephen Hemminger <stephen at > networkplumber.org>; Bagh Fares-B25033 <Fares.Bagh at freescale.com> > Cc: dev at dpdk.org; jim.st.leger at intel.com; Pradeep Kathail (pkathail at > cisco.com) <pkathail at cisco.com> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Proposals from project governance meeting at DPDK > Userspace (was Notes from ...) > > Hi Margaret, > > On 11/02/2015 12:28 PM, CHIOSI, MARGARET T wrote: >> I think it is very important for the first version of governance that we >> have ARM/SOC vendor/future contributors to be part of TSC. >> If based on historical contribution - they will be at a disadvantage. >> We need to have the DPDK organization support an API which supports a >> broader set of chips. > > I think there is definitely a role for SOC vendors in the project governance, > but the TSC should be representative of the technical contributors to the > project, rather than an aspirational body aiming to get more people involved. > > I think there is an opportunity for future contributors/users to form a > powerful constituency in the project, but the TSC is not the right place for > that to happen IMHO. > > Thanks, > Dave. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen at networkplumber.org] >> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 12:22 PM >> To: Bagh Fares >> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; dneary at redhat.com; jim.st.leger at intel.com; >> Pradeep >> Kathail (pkathail at cisco.com); CHIOSI, MARGARET T >> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Proposals from project governance meeting at >> DPDK Userspace (was Notes from ...) >> >> There were two outcomes. >> >> One was a proposal to move governance under Linux Foundation. >> >> The other was to have a technical steering committee. >> It was agreed the TSC would be based on the contributors to the >> project, although we didn't come to a conclusion on a voting model. >> >> >> I would propose that TSC should be elected at regular user summit from >> nominees; in a manner similar to LF Technical Advisory Board. >> > > -- > Dave Neary - NFV/SDN Community Strategy > Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com > Ph: +1-978-399-2182 / Cell: +1-978-799-3338 > -- Dave Neary - NFV/SDN Community Strategy Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com Ph: +1-978-399-2182 / Cell: +1-978-799-3338
