[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] Add Armv7 support

[Ruifeng Wang]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2023 12:51 AM
> To: Ruifeng Wang <Ruifeng.Wang at arm.com>
> Cc: Supriya Shekhar Mane <sm.supriya at globaledgesoft.com>; thomas at monjalon.net; Chandrakant
> Sharpa <s.chandrakant at globaledgesoft.com>; dev at dpdk.org; Zaheer R M
> <zaheer.rm at globaledgesoft.com>; Gurusidhesh G H <gurusidhesh.gh at globaledgesoft.com>;
> david.marchand at redhat.com; bruce.richardson at intel.com; Jan Viktorin
> <viktorin at rehivetech.com>; jerinj at marvell.com; Honnappa Nagarahalli
> <Honnappa.Nagarahalli at arm.com>; nd <nd at arm.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] Add Armv7 support
> 
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 06:58:15 +0000
> Ruifeng Wang <Ruifeng.Wang at arm.com> wrote:
> 
> > >
> > > Do you have any plan on CI?
> > > I don't think DPDK Lab has Armv7 hardware to run tests.
> > Yes, we do have plans for CI for armv7, We are currently conducting
> > our testing with WPJ419 platform. I would like to note what all things
> > that should be taken into consideration for making CI support for
> > armv7 related contributions.
> > [Ruifeng] I think basically we should have build for armv7. And in-tree unit tests are
> also preferred to run.
> > For traffic/performance tests, it is good to have.
> >
> > Aso, we would like know how the testing for armv7 was done in older
> > DPDK releases, and what all things were considered, so that we can
> > follow the same.
> > [Ruifeng] As I know, there was no public CI for armv7 in older releases.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Supriya Mane
> 
> This patch is over 2 years old. Has there been any progress on it?
> Does it still make sense?
> What is missing?

This thread talks about integration plan.
A new PMD will be sent out?