> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monja...@6wind.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 9, 2017 9:26 AM > To: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > Cc: Aaron Conole <acon...@redhat.com>; dev@dpdk.org; Stephen Hemminger > <step...@networkplumber.org> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 00/26] linux/eal: Remove most causes of > panic on init > > 2017-03-09 09:11, Bruce Richardson: > > On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 10:58:27PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Thanks for the work. > > > I think it needs to be completed to have the same behaviour on bsdapp. > > > > Ideally, yes, but I also don't think the lack of BSD changes should > > block the inclusion of this set. In terms of application writers, the > > apps don't need to be written differently for BSD compared to Linux > > because of this change. All that is different is that the BSD version > > will panic rather than return the error code. > > So you do not have any issue about having a different behaviour on Linux > and BSD? > You are the bsdapp maintainer, so it is your call.
I would infinitely prefer to have the same behavior. However, so long as this does not require a user to change their app to be different on BSD, I don't think lack of BSD support should block improving Linux. Aaron - will you be able to do equivalent changes to BSD within the 17.05 timeframe? /Bruce
