[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/1] net/ixgbe: Add API to update SBP bit

Shweta Choudaha shweta.choudaha at gmail.com
Thu Apr 26 12:20:03 CEST 2018


Hi Ferruh/ Helin,

  Anything else needed for this patch

http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/37802/
Or can this be now acked  - Have addressed all comments so far.

Thanks,
Shweta

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 4:58 PM, Shweta Choudaha <shweta.choudaha at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the review.
> I have sent an updated patch and will send patch to remove experimental
> from API for next release
>
> Thanks,
> Shweta
>
> On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 11:40 AM, Bruce Richardson <
> bruce.richardson at intel.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Apr 04, 2018 at 11:14:35AM +0100, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
>> > On 4/4/2018 3:25 AM, Lu, Wenzhuo wrote:
>> > > Hi Shweta,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >> -----Original Message-----
>> > >> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Shweta Choudaha
>> > >> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 7:59 PM
>> > >> To: dev at dpdk.org
>> > >> Cc: shweta.choudaha at att.com
>> > >> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/1] net/ixgbe: Add API to update SBP bit
>> > >>
>> > >> From: Shweta Choudaha <shweta.choudaha at att.com>
>> > >>
>> > >> Add ixgbe API to enable SBP bit in FCTRL register to allow receiving
>> packets
>> > >> that may otherwise be considered length errors by ixgbe and dropped
>> > >>
>> > >> Signed-off-by: Shweta Choudaha <shweta.choudaha at att.com>
>> > >> Reviewed-by: Chas Williams <chas3 at att.com>
>> > >> Reviewed-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>
>> > >> ---
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >> --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/rte_pmd_ixgbe_version.map
>> > >> +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/rte_pmd_ixgbe_version.map
>> > >> @@ -52,3 +52,9 @@ DPDK_17.08 {
>> > >>    rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_wd_timeout_show;
>> > >>    rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_wd_timeout_store;
>> > >>  } DPDK_17.05;
>> > >> +
>> > >> +EXPERIMENTAL {
>> > >> +  global:
>> > >> +
>> > >> +  rte_pmd_ixgbe_upd_fctrl_sbp;
>> > >> +} DPDK_17.08;
>> > > The patch is fine except we should use 18.05 here.
>> >
>> > We have a rule to have an API as experimental for one release.
>> >
>> > Not sure about this rule covering the PMD specific APIs but by default
>> it is, we
>> > can discuss to have an exception for PMD APIs or not.
>> >
>> > After one release developer should send patch to remove experimental
>> from API
>> >
>> +1 for following the process.
>> I don't see why pmd-specific APIs should be a general exception. Any
>> exceptions should be on an individual case-by-case basis IMHO
>>
>
>


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