On Fri, 7 Jul 2017, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> Hi, > > The ethdev library is very special as it defines the services (ops) > to be implemented in every DPDK networking drivers. > It defines also some configuration bits to support. > The mbuf library defines also some offloads to support in drivers. > > Some of these features are not enough supported and need more efforts. > You can check this table for a summary: > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__dpdk.org_doc_guides_nics_overview.html-23id1&d=DwICAg&c=uilaK90D4TOVoH58JNXRgQ&r=s2jCzy8v55CCzOTsTr9gZXCg31zIp_uNzU_LV6Lykc8&m=FQf8y71vPzjmz0UZ4H82PvNPTaRcmLGJ_lbWh5vZHHE&s=fOWlJgvIu9mRubOZZbk86duTCqWwNQToGJeMIPZZ-d0&e= > > > These features are being summarized by Ferruh who needs help and review: > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__dpdk.org_patch_26492&d=DwICAg&c=uilaK90D4TOVoH58JNXRgQ&r=s2jCzy8v55CCzOTsTr9gZXCg31zIp_uNzU_LV6Lykc8&m=FQf8y71vPzjmz0UZ4H82PvNPTaRcmLGJ_lbWh5vZHHE&s=Vq4zrquYqLmn96bYRPOAVpp5WSYq2_2V8qOP_oLKaFc&e= > Table 1.1 from the above 17.08 doc is missing vmxnet3. The vmxnet3 driver is missing from 17.05 doc as well (http://dpdk.readthedocs.io/en/v17.05/nics/overview.html) but it is present in 17.02 (http://dpdk.readthedocs.io/en/v17.02/nics/overview.html). Not sure if I missed something? Thanks, Shri > > We must also take care of the new added features. > Adding a feature means it should be supported by every drivers. > For a PMD maintainer, the first step is to carefully review the new > proposed feature in mbuf or ethdev. The second step is to implement it. > > Thanks for your help > > PS: this reminder was thought after sending this email: <> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__dpdk.org_ml_archives_dev_2017-2DJuly_070591.html&d=DwICAg&c=uilaK90D4TOVoH58JNXRgQ&r=s2jCzy8v55CCzOTsTr9gZXCg31zIp_uNzU_LV6Lykc8&m=FQf8y71vPzjmz0UZ4H82PvNPTaRcmLGJ_lbWh5vZHHE&s=sMljcGD-z2LixiHTKoQPQbatcrfzfCyRt3BKPcJ-E78&e= >
