19/04/2017 15:03, Ferruh Yigit: > On 4/19/2017 1:56 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 19/04/2017 14:28, Olivier MATZ: > >> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:39:01 +0200, Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> > > > > wrote: > >>> 18/04/2017 15:04, Olivier MATZ: > >>>> On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 14:10:33 +0100, Ferruh Yigit > >>>> <ferruh.yi...@intel.com> > >>> > >>> wrote: > >>>>>> 2017-04-04 18:27, Olivier Matz: > >>>>>>> Once this patchset is pushed, the Rx path of drivers could be > >>>>>>> optimized > >>>>>>> a bit, by removing writes to m->next, m->nb_segs and m->refcnt. The > >>>>>>> patch 4/8 gives an idea of what could be done. > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi Olivier, > >>>>> > >>>>> Some driver patches already received for this update, but not all yet. > >>>>> > >>>>> Can you please describe what changes are required in PMDs after this > >>>>> patch? And what will be effect of doing changes or not? > >>>> > >>>> Yes, I will do it. > >>>> > >>>>> Later we can circulate this information through the PMD maintainers to > >>>>> be sure proper updates done. > >>>> > >>>> That would be good. > >>>> > >>>> Do you know what will be the procedure to inform the PMD maintainers? > >>>> Is there a specific mailing list? > >>> > >>> We should explain the required changes on dev@dpdk.org as it can be > >>> interesting for a lot of people (not only current maintainers). > >> > >> I agree here. > >> > >>> Then we just have to make sure that the PMDs are updated accordingly > >>> in a good timeframe (1 or 2 releases). > >>> If we feel someone miss an important message, we can ping him directly, > >>> without dev@dpdk.org cc'ed to make sure it pops up in his inbox. > >>> The other communication channel to ping people is IRC freenode #dpdk. > >> > >> Who is the "we"? In that particular case, is it my job? > >> Shouldn't we notify the PMD maintainers more precisely? > > > > We as a community :) > > I think Ferruh will lead the follow-up of this rework, > > as next-net maintainer. > > I can trace net PMDs. > > Lets start in dev mail list and make sure what a PMD maintainer should > do is clear, we can wait for a release for updates, later I can ping > missing ones individually, what do you think?
Sounds like a plan :) Thank you Ferruh and Olivier
