> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferruh Yigit [mailto:ferruh.yi...@intel.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 4:47 PM
> To: Shachar Beiser <shacha...@mellanox.com>; dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarg...@6wind.com>; Nélio Laranjeiro
> <nelio.laranje...@6wind.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5] net/mlx5: support upstream rdma-core
>
> On 9/14/2017 2:34 PM, Shachar Beiser wrote:
> > This removes the dependency on specific Mellanox OFED libraries by
> > using the upstream rdma-core and linux upstream community code.
>
> Would you mind mentioning what is the difference between "specific
> Mellanox OFED libraries" and "upstream rdma-core"? If not in the
> documentation, at least in mail list for interested people?
>
> Does it make sense to put this update into release notes?
>
> Thanks,
> ferruh
>
Hi Ferruh,
Both packages, rdma-core upstream & Mellanox OFED are Linux user-space
packages :
1. Rdma-core is the Linux upstream user-space package.
2. Mellanox OFED is the Mellanox's Linux user-space package.
The difference is the APIs . We shall explain that difference in the
release notes .
-Shachar Beiser.
> >
> > ---
> > I have squashed :
> > [PATCH v2 3/3] “net/mlx5: fix interrupt enable return”
> >
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> > into this patch
> >
> > a. Compile with rdma-core commit f11292efd541 ("Merge pull request
> > #202") b. Tested with linux kernel 4.13-rc4 c. For performance testing
> > recommended to wait till kernel 4.14
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Shachar Beiser <shacha...@mellanox.com>
>
> <...>
