On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 15:16:16 -0800 Pradeep Kathail <pkathail at cisco.com> wrote:
> Tim and Dave, > > I agree that an architecture board membership should be based on > technical standing and contribution but at the same time, > if you are trying to bring a new hardware paradigm into a project, you > need to give a chance to some of those experts to > participate and gain the standing. > > If community is serious about supporting SOC's, my suggestion will be > to allow few (2?) members from SOC community for > limited time (6? months) and then evaluate based on their contributions. > > Pradeep Why doesn't one or more SOC vendors contribute patches or discuss the issues on the mailing list or at DPDK meetings. I dont think we need a behind closed doors planning session on this. Much prefer the old "consensus and running code model".