From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Dumitrescu, Cristian" Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 00/23] net/softnic: refactoring Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2018 17:33:00 +0000 Message-ID: <3EB4FA525960D640B5BDFFD6A3D891268E7657AC@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <20180705154754.147420-2-jasvinder.singh@intel.com> <20180706172116.50951-1-jasvinder.singh@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: "Singh, Jasvinder" , "dev@dpdk.org" Return-path: Received: from mga18.intel.com (mga18.intel.com [134.134.136.126]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B770B1BFB3 for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2018 19:33:05 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <20180706172116.50951-1-jasvinder.singh@intel.com> Content-Language: en-US List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" > -----Original Message----- > From: Singh, Jasvinder > Sent: Friday, July 6, 2018 6:21 PM > To: dev@dpdk.org > Cc: Dumitrescu, Cristian > Subject: [PATCH v5 00/23] net/softnic: refactoring >=20 > This patch set modifies the Soft NIC device driver to use the Packet > Framework, which makes it much more modular, flexible and extensible > with new functionality. >=20 > * The Soft NIC allows building custom NIC pipelines in SW. The Soft NIC > pipeline is DIY and reconfigurable through "firmware" (DPDK Packet > Framework script). > * Configured through the standard DPDK ethdev API (including flow, > QoS, security). The internal framework is not externally visible. > * Key benefits: > - Can be used to augment missing features to HW NICs. > - Allows consumption of advanced DPDK features without > redesigning the target application. > - Allows out-of-the-box performance boost of DPDK. > consumers apps simply by instantiating this Ethernet device. >=20 Applied on next-pipeline tree, thanks!