On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 12:50 PM, Vincent JARDIN <vincent.jar...@6wind.com> wrote: > Le 07/03/2018 à 04:56, sujith sankar a écrit : >> >> Is PMD for Broadcom/Emulex OCe14000 OCP Skyhawk-R available? There >> are a few documents in Broadcom's site. But could not find the source >> code of it. > > > Right, it has not been upstreamed. Currently, it is even deprecated at 6WIND > for our new releases. > www.6wind.com/products/6windgate/6windgate-platfoarm-support/ > see the NIC section. > >> >> I believe 6Wind team developed the PMD for Broadcom. But what is the >> status of it? Is it freely available? > > > I guess you are referring to: > https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/12356248 > > This PMD is deprecated. We kept it only for old DPDK releases because it > relies on some specific SDK from Emulex/Skyhawk's designers! The PMD without > the SDK is useless. > >> >> Tried to get some help from users alias, but could not. >> Could someone please help me with info on this? > > > In fact, the best option is to use AF_XDP PMD if you need to support this > Emulex/SkyhawkNIC. Please, give a try to this AF_XDP PMD. Your benchmarks > will be welcomed. I guess it is better to invest time in improving AF_XDP > PMD, > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-February/091502.html >
Thanks Vincent ! Your inputs are much appreciated. Regards, -Sujith > best regards, > Vincent
