[dpdk-dev] DPDK namespace

Mcnamara, John john.mcnamara at intel.com
Wed Apr 6 14:51:31 CEST 2016



> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Jay Rolette
> Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 1:41 PM
> To: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu at linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Arnon Warshavsky <arnon at qwilt.com>; Trahe, Fiona
> <fiona.trahe at intel.com>; Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>;
> dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] DPDK namespace
> 
> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 12:26 AM, Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu at linux.intel.com>
> wrote:
> 
> This last point that yliu brings up is the one that worries me. DPDK
> already has a serious problem with the patch backlog. It can take months
> for even small bug fixes to get merged.
> 
> From the app side, it's not the end of the world if there is a one time,
> single shot change to the prefix. However, I'm not sure it's worth it
> because of the impact on patches that have been submitted. As others have
> mentioned, google can sort the rte_* references just fine.

Hi,

Agreed on patches. And if we wanted to do a Long Term Support branch/release based on DPDK 2.2.0 or 16.04 then backporting fixes would be a pain.

John.
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