[dpdk-dev] [RFC] examples: remove l3fwd-vf example

Zhang, Helin helin.zhang at intel.com
Mon Aug 3 19:02:40 CEST 2015


I don't think so, as l3fwd cannot support all cases quite well at this moment.
Can we targeting to do that in R2.2?

Regards,
Helin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 9:55 AM
> To: Zhang, Helin
> Cc: Liu, Yong; Cao, Waterman; dev at dpdk.org; Wu, Jingjing
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC] examples: remove l3fwd-vf example
> 
> Any news?
> Can we remove it from version 2.1?
> 
> 2015-07-22 14:51, Zhang, Helin:
> > Marvin/Waterman
> >
> > Could you help to check if l3fwd is good enough for all cases (1g/10/40g, PF and
> VF, single queue/multiple queue)?
> > We aim to remove l3fwd-vf to reduce an example application which is not so
> necessary.
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Helin
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 3:30 AM
> > > To: Zhang, Helin
> > > Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Wu, Jingjing
> > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC] examples: remove l3fwd-vf example
> > >
> > > 2015-07-14 14:50, Zhang, Helin:
> > > > From: Wu, Jingjing
> > > > > Because VF multi-queues can be supported, l3fwd can run on vf.
> > > > > Suggest to remove the l3fwd-vf example.
> > > > Totally agree with this!
> > > > But we need the confirmation from validation guys of that l3fwd
> > > > works quite well on VF with all NICs (e.g. i350, 82599, x550, xl710, and
> fm10k).
> > >
> > > Helin, any new from validation?
> 



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