2016-01-29 09:47, Ananyev, Konstantin: > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com] > > 2016-01-29 09:24, Ananyev, Konstantin: > > > Can you avoid modifications in the e1000/base code? > > > We do not modify (and maintain) that part on our own. > > > Instead we take it straight from Intel ND. > > > So if you feel like these changes are really necessary - please submit a > > > patch > > > to ND first, and if your changes will be applied, will pick it up from > > > them. > > > > I was not aware we can submit a change to ND for Intel base drivers. > > What is the procedure please? > > I meant not to the ND directly, but probably to the freebsd e1000 kernel > driver. > As I remember, that is the closest one to what we have. > From my understanding (I might be wrong here): > If they will be accepted, we should see these changes In next code drops from > ND.
These base drivers are used in several places. We are allowed to submit a patch in Linux or FreeBSD but not in DPDK where the base driver is verbatim? We have an agreement to not touch them in DPDK but I still think the ND team could consider some patches from dpdk.org.
