[dpdk-dev] new QoS/TM API and tree

[Thomas Monjalon]

2017-03-28 09:41, Dumitrescu, Cristian:
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> > The last detail to discuss is the name of this tree.
> > As it is probably going to be an important amount of work, this tree
> > can live indefinitely as a next- tree to be pulled before each RC1.
> > The suggested names were dpdk-next-qos and dpdk-next-tm.
> > 
> > The question is equivalent to choose a name for the new API.
> > Should it be rte_qos or rte_tm?
> 
> Quality of Service (QoS) is a very generous concept that includes the egress Traffic Management features such as hierarchical scheduling, traffic shaping, congestion management, etc.; the QoS concept also includes the ingress Traffic Metering and Policing.
> 
> Therefore, I think the sensible approach is:
> 	API name (already debated on V2 thread: rte_scheddev, rte_tm, rte_tman, etc): rte_tm
> 	Repository name: dpdk-next-qos or dpdk-next-tm (your choice)
> 
> > Please let's think how it can evolve in future versions.

The question is:
Are we sure that every features included in this "next" repo will be
only about Traffic Management?

Detailed in two questions:
- Are we sure the QoS API of ethdev will be only about Traffic Management?
- Do we want to manage other QoS code areas in this "next" repo?