[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: support double precision RED queue weight

[Rao, Nikhil]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen at networkplumber.org]
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2018 11:43 AM
> To: Rao, Nikhil <nikhil.rao at intel.com>
> Cc: Dumitrescu, Cristian <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com>; Singh, Jasvinder
> <jasvinder.singh at intel.com>; dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: support double precision RED queue
> weight
> 
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 11:24:42 +0530
> Nikhil Rao <nikhil.rao at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > RED queue weight is currently specified as a negated log of 2.
> >
> > Add support for RED queue weight to be specified in double precision
> > and TM capability flags for double precision and negated log2 RED
> > queue weight support.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nikhil Rao <nikhil.rao at intel.com>
> 
> Since this is an ABI break anyway, why not just commit to the new format?

Hi Stephen,

Can you please provide more detail on your comment ?  are you suggesting replacing the wq_log2/wq_dp with a double ?

Thanks,
Nikhil