-----Original Message-----
> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 01:16:25 +0200
> From: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
> To: Nikhil Rao <nikhil....@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org, jerin.ja...@caviumnetworks.com, bruce.richard...@intel.com
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/7] eventdev: add eth Rx adapter caps
> function to SW PMD
>
> Hi,
>
> 11/10/2017 00:21, Nikhil Rao:
> > --- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev_pmd.h
> > +++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev_pmd.h
> > @@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ extern "C" {
> > } \
> > } while (0)
> >
> > +#define RTE_EVENT_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_SW_CAP \
> > + ((RTE_EVENT_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_CAP_OVERRIDE_FLOW_ID) | \
> > + (RTE_EVENT_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_CAP_MULTI_EVENTQ))
> > +
> > +/**< Ethernet Rx adapter cap to return If the packet transfers from
> > + * the ethdev to eventdev use a SW service function
> > + */
>
> It is a value specific to the SW driver.
> I think it should not be defined in librte_eventdev.
It should be defined in librte_eventdev as HW drivers use this flag
if HW adapter needs to use SW for fallback.
Already discussed this at
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-September/075302.html
See HW driver usage as example for dpaa2.
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-October/078391.html
function: dpaa2_eventdev_eth_caps_get
>
> Do you mind to move it for RC2?
