From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Neil Horman <nhorman-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] librte_pmd_packet: add PMD for AF_PACKET-based virtual devices
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:37:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2519448.trfTD5GDiU@xps13> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140716123530.GA22437-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-16 08:35, Neil Horman:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 11:27:45PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 2014-07-14 09:46, John W. Linville:
> > > On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 12:34:46AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > > 2014-07-11 13:40, John W. Linville:
> > > > > Is there an example of code in DPDK that requires specific kernel
> > > > > versions? What is the preferred method for coding such
> > > > > dependencies?
> > > >
> > > > No there is no userspace code checking kernel version in DPDK.
> > > > Feel free to use what you think the best method.
> > > > Please keep in mind that checking version number is a maintenance
> > > > nightmare
> > > > because of backports (like RedHat do ;).
>
> Actually, I feel the need to correct this (I know you're being humorous, but
> just the same). You don't have a maintenence nightmare on your hands
> because RedHat backports kernel features, you have a nightmare maintenece
> situation on your hands because the DPDK uses kernel features that were
> never meant to be directly accessed outside of kernel space.
> Neil
You're right. Removing kernel modules from DPDK is a nice goal.
But here we were speaking about an userland library (AF_PACKET PMD) which rely
on kernel features.
--
Thomas
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2014-07-10 20:32 [PATCH] librte_pmd_packet: add PMD for AF_PACKET-based virtual devices John W. Linville
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2014-07-11 17:20 ` Zhou, Danny
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2014-07-11 17:40 ` John W. Linville
2014-07-11 19:04 ` Zhou, Danny
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2014-07-11 19:31 ` John W. Linville
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2014-07-11 20:27 ` Zhou, Danny
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2014-07-11 20:31 ` Shaw, Jeffrey B
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2014-07-11 20:35 ` Zhou, Danny
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2014-07-11 20:40 ` John W. Linville
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2014-07-11 18:01 ` Zhou, Danny
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2014-07-11 18:46 ` John W. Linville
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2014-07-12 0:42 ` Zhou, Danny
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2014-07-14 13:45 ` John W. Linville
2014-07-11 22:34 ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-07-14 13:46 ` John W. Linville
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2014-07-15 21:27 ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-07-16 12:35 ` Neil Horman
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2014-07-16 13:37 ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2014-07-16 14:07 ` John W. Linville
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2014-07-16 14:26 ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-07-16 15:59 ` Shaw, Jeffrey B
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2014-07-11 13:11 ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-07-11 14:49 ` John W. Linville
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2014-07-11 15:06 ` Richardson, Bruce
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2014-07-11 15:16 ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-07-11 16:07 ` Richardson, Bruce
2014-07-11 15:29 ` Venkatesan, Venky
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2014-07-11 15:33 ` John W. Linville
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2014-07-11 16:29 ` Venkatesan, Venky
2014-07-11 13:26 ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-07-11 14:51 ` John W. Linville
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2014-07-11 15:04 ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-07-11 15:30 ` John W. Linville
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2014-07-11 16:47 ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-07-11 17:38 ` Richardson, Bruce
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2014-07-11 17:41 ` John W. Linville
2014-07-12 11:48 ` Neil Horman
2014-07-11 22:30 ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-07-14 17:53 ` John W. Linville
2014-07-11 22:51 ` Bruce Richardson
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2014-07-14 13:48 ` John W. Linville
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2014-07-14 17:35 ` John W. Linville
2014-07-14 18:24 ` [PATCH v2] " John W. Linville
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2014-07-15 0:15 ` Zhou, Danny
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2014-07-15 12:17 ` Neil Horman
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2014-07-15 14:01 ` John W. Linville
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2014-07-15 15:40 ` Zhou, Danny
[not found] ` <DFDF335405C17848924A094BC35766CF0A8AF52C-0J0gbvR4kTggGBtAFL8yw7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-15 19:08 ` John W. Linville
2014-07-15 20:31 ` Neil Horman
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2014-07-15 20:41 ` Zhou, Danny
2014-07-15 15:34 ` Zhou, Danny
2014-09-12 18:05 ` John W. Linville
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2014-09-12 18:31 ` Zhou, Danny
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2014-09-12 18:54 ` John W. Linville
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2014-09-12 20:35 ` Zhou, Danny
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2014-09-15 15:09 ` Neil Horman
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2014-09-15 15:15 ` John W. Linville
2014-09-15 15:43 ` Zhou, Danny
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2014-09-15 16:22 ` Neil Horman
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2014-09-15 17:48 ` John W. Linville
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2014-09-15 19:11 ` Zhou, Danny
2014-09-16 20:16 ` Neil Horman
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2014-09-26 9:28 ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-09-26 14:08 ` Neil Horman
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2014-09-29 10:05 ` Bruce Richardson
2014-10-08 15:57 ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-10-08 19:14 ` Neil Horman
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2014-11-13 10:03 ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-11-13 11:14 ` Neil Horman
[not found] ` <20141113111428.GA13253-B26myB8xz7F8NnZeBjwnZQMhkBWG/bsMQH7oEaQurus@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-13 11:57 ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-11-14 0:42 ` Neil Horman
[not found] ` <20141114004208.GA14230-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-14 14:45 ` John W. Linville
[not found] ` <20141114144536.GC1893-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-17 15:57 ` [PATCH v3] librte_pmd_af_packet: " John W. Linville
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2014-11-24 16:16 ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-11-17 11:19 ` [PATCH v2] librte_pmd_packet: " Neil Horman
[not found] ` <20141117111919.GA17886-B26myB8xz7F8NnZeBjwnZQMhkBWG/bsMQH7oEaQurus@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-17 11:22 ` Thomas Monjalon
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