[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/8] mbuf: structure reorganization

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 4/19/2017 1:56 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 19/04/2017 14:28, Olivier MATZ:
>> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:39:01 +0200, Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> 
> wrote:
>>> 18/04/2017 15:04, Olivier MATZ:
>>>> On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 14:10:33 +0100, Ferruh Yigit
>>>> <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 2017-04-04 18:27, Olivier Matz:
>>>>>>> Once this patchset is pushed, the Rx path of drivers could be
>>>>>>> optimized
>>>>>>> a bit, by removing writes to m->next, m->nb_segs and m->refcnt. The
>>>>>>> patch 4/8 gives an idea of what could be done.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Olivier,
>>>>>
>>>>> Some driver patches already received for this update, but not all yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you please describe what changes are required in PMDs after this
>>>>> patch? And what will be effect of doing changes or not?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I will do it.
>>>>
>>>>> Later we can circulate this information through the PMD maintainers to
>>>>> be sure proper updates done.
>>>>
>>>> That would be good.
>>>>
>>>> Do you know what will be the procedure to inform the PMD maintainers?
>>>> Is there a specific mailing list?
>>>
>>> We should explain the required changes on dev at dpdk.org as it can be
>>> interesting for a lot of people (not only current maintainers).
>>
>> I agree here.
>>
>>> Then we just have to make sure that the PMDs are updated accordingly
>>> in a good timeframe (1 or 2 releases).
>>> If we feel someone miss an important message, we can ping him directly,
>>> without dev at dpdk.org cc'ed to make sure it pops up in his inbox.
>>> The other communication channel to ping people is IRC freenode #dpdk.
>>
>> Who is the "we"? In that particular case, is it my job?
>> Shouldn't we notify the PMD maintainers more precisely?
> 
> We as a community :)
> I think Ferruh will lead the follow-up of this rework,
> as next-net maintainer.

I can trace net PMDs.

Lets start in dev mail list and make sure what a PMD maintainer should
do is clear, we can wait for a release for updates, later I can ping
missing ones individually, what do you think?