[dpdk-dev] next releases
Cyril Chemparathy
cchemparathy at tilera.com
Wed Aug 27 19:04:37 CEST 2014
Hi Thomas,
On 8/25/2014 10:15 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am back from holidays; thanks for all the
> patches/reviews/comments done during last weeks.
>
> I'd like to have a version 1.7.1, ideally at the end of this week.
>
> For the coming days,
> - first priority is to integrate bug fixes
> - some changes which do not imply API could be part of 1.7.1
> - please, do not send more features until 1.8.0-rc1
> - features that have been been *properly* reviewed or acked before
> end of august will be integrated in 1.8.0-rc1
> - all pending features which do not have any review will be postponed
> after 1.8.0-rc1
> - then rc2 will integrate new features if *properly* reviewed at that time
>
> I'd like to have some cleanups in version 1.8. Examples:
> - get rid of doxygen warnings
> - check if compile time options can be moved to run time
> - rename some options (CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_*_PMD -> CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_*)
> - merge common code between linux and bsd implementions
> - check secondary process rights
> - remove drivers lists from code for easy integration of new drivers
> - use rte_eth_dev_atomic_read_link_status in drivers
> - use librte_cfgfile instead of examples/qos_sched
> - add sysfs functions as eal services
> - replace printf calls by rte functions
> - use new assert macros for unit tests
> - remove kni traces from bsd
> - remove bare metal traces
> - compress test_lpm*_routes.h
Any thoughts on consolidating/cleaning up the timer interfaces?
Usage across rte_rdtsc(), rte_get_tsc_cycles(), and
rte_get_timer_cycles() could use some rationalization, I think.
It looks like most code should use rte_get_timer_cycles() and generally
honor user specified timer source selection. The relatively few places
that have a good cause to pin down on TSC should probably use
rte_get_tsc_cycles() instead of rde_rdtsc(). On the other hand, if
rte_rdtsc() is meant for direct use, why do we need the
rte_get_tsc_cycles() wrapper?
Also, I'm not quite clear on the intended usage of rte_rdtsc_precise().
I can't find uses of this function on master, and it is not quite clear
to me if the intent is to replace rte_rdtsc() in some (or all?) places
in the code. Any insights on this?
Thanks
-- Cyril.
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