[dpdk-dev] DPDK User Space: Session onUseability and Ease of Use
Thomas Monjalon
thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Tue Oct 13 22:06:16 CEST 2015
Thanks John for the summary.
2015-10-13 16:36, Mcnamara, John:
> - Move the EAL to the kernel.
Please explain what you mean here.
It's difficult to imagine.
> * Latest version of the docs. - Needs support from 6Wind.
OK
It's as simple as a git hook.
Anybody to write and test one locally?
The script could be hosted in the future website git repo.
> * Distributed testing. - Needs support from Intel initially.
> Some of this is already being rolled out on the
> test-report at dpdk.org list for Intel hardware:
> http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/test-report/. Other hardware
> vendors could use the same automated test framework to host
> something similar.
IBM has first started a daily compilation test.
Others are welcome.
We had a small session dedicated to this topic during the useability session.
> * Create a User Mailing List. - Needs support from 6Wind.
OK
Name: user at dpdk.org or other suggestion?
> * Make the dpdk.org website patchable. - Needs support from
> 6Wind.
OK
Needs a maintainer, a name for the git repo, the mailing list and the patchwork.
> * Add a Contributing Guide. - I will submit a doc patch.
>
> * Add a README .txt or .1st to the root dir. - I will submit a
> doc patch.
Thanks
> * Too much duplicated code in the PMDs. - Any volunteers to
> refactor common PMD code up into the ethdev layer?
We need more details.
Please start a new thread or a RFC.
> * Logging and debugging via a secondary process. Any volunteers
> to add a sample app that demonstrates the technique?
There is already one:
http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/tree/app/proc_info/main.c#n289
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