[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/18] lib/librte_pmd_fm10k : fm10k pmd driver

Chen, Jing D jing.d.chen at intel.com
Mon Feb 2 03:59:42 CET 2015


Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 6:19 AM
> To: Shaw, Jeffrey B
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/18] lib/librte_pmd_fm10k : fm10k pmd
> driver
> 
> 2015-01-30 13:46, Jeff Shaw:
> > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 04:26:33PM -0500, Neil Horman wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 01:07:16PM +0800, Chen Jing D(Mark) wrote:
> > > > From: "Chen Jing D(Mark)" <jing.d.chen at intel.com>
> > > > Jeff Shaw (18):
> > > >   fm10k: add base driver
> [...]
> > > >  lib/librte_pmd_fm10k/SHARED/fm10k_api.c         |  327 ++++
> [...]
> > >
> > > Why is there a SHARED directory in the driver?  Are there other drivers
> that use
> > > the shared fm10k code?
> >
> > No, the other poll-mode drivers do not use the shared fm10k code. The
> > directory is similar to the 'ixgbe' and 'i40e' directories in their
> > respective PMDs, only that it is named 'SHARED' for the fm10k driver.
> 
> So shared is a bad name in the context of DPDK.
> Inside Intel, it can be understood that you share it between projects,
> but in DPDK, it's only a base driver.
> 

OK, I'll change "SHARED" to "fm10k".

> --
> Thomas


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