Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/7] bbdev: adding support in BBDEV for 5GNR FEC

From: Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal@nxp.com>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
	"Chautru, Nicolas" <nicolas.chautru@intel.com>
Cc: "Yigit, Ferruh" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
	"Mokhtar, Amr" <amr.mokhtar@intel.com>,
	"Chalupnik, KamilX" <kamilx.chalupnik@intel.com>,
	"Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
	"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/7] bbdev: adding support in BBDEV for 5GNR FEC
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 08:56:13 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <VE1PR04MB6639EECA74E9919CAE11B492E6F50@VE1PR04MB6639.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5502127.KjNqyyhdIp@xps>

> 
> 03/07/2019 20:31, Chautru, Nicolas:
> > Thomas wrote:
> > >> Nicolas Chautru (7):
> > >>   bbdev: renaming non-generic LTE specific structure
> > >>   bbdev: extension of BBDEV API for 5G FEC
> > >>   docs/guides: updating bbdev API for 5GNR operations
> > >>   baseband/turbo_sw: extension of turbosw PMD for 5G
> > >>   docs/guides: updating building steps for BBDEV PMD
> > >>   test-bbdev: update of bbdev test-app for 5GNR
> > >>   test-bbdev: test vectors for 5GNR verification
> > >
> > >What are the news about the turbo_sw PMD?
> > >We are still not able to compile it.
> > >After a very long time of asking for the dependency, what can be the
> incentive to get Intel delivering it?
> > >Should we block any merge in bbdev until it happens?
> >
> > Hi Thomas,
> > What you are referring to was resolved with that previous serie
> https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatches.
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> > The turbo_sw_pmd is built by default now and is verified by the DPDK CI. As an
> option this can be built against the real time signal processing libraries (FlexRAN
> FEC SDK). The link to latest version of this library is also provided
> https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsoftware
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> 
> Whaouh, it happens and I did not notice it!
> 
> > I believe that you reviewed this scheme previously earlier Ferruh of the Tech
> board as you did provide feedback on the related published article as well as
> recommended to split the previous serie into several patchsets.
> 
> Indeed, and I did not follow the latest news.
> 
> > The last serie under review here in that email thread is the extension of the
> turbo_sw_pmd driver to support 5GNR operations but still rely on the exact
> same model and dependency, the only limitation is that these libraries requires
> AVX512 support for 5GNR operations.
> >
> > Let me know whether there is any discrepancy and want to discuss further
> through that mailing list, tech board or other method. In case you are trying to
> compile the SDK and have any issues let us know as well.
> 
> That's fine, I can keep cool, thanks.
> 

Split the release note changes for bbdev pmd in two. fpga_lte_fec addition is merged in the previous series which added that driver
Applied to dpdk-next-crypto

Thanks.