[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] config: disable bnx2x driver

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Tue Jul 28 23:38:26 CEST 2015


On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:16:39 +0200
Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com> wrote:

> This driver has too many issues:
> 	- too big

FYI - the DPDK version of the driver is already much smaller
than other OS. Still all versions seem to be bigger than necessary
but that is what vendor code looks like.

	Driver	LOC
	bnx2x	37973
	ixgbe	27017
	i40e	25234

In FreeBSD
	ixgbe	23834
	bxe	160464

In Linux
	ixgbe	25146
	i40e	28753
	bnx2x	55395


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