[dpdk-dev] [EXT] Re: [PATCH 00/39] adding eventmode helper library

[Bruce Richardson]

On Tue, Jul 02, 2019 at 02:26:34PM +0000, Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran wrote:
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> > Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [EXT] Re: [PATCH 00/39] adding eventmode helper
> > library
> > 
> > Hi Thomas, Jerin,
> > 
> > Is there any consensus on how we should proceed? Can this be taken up by
> > techboard?
> 
> For me it make sense to  move these helper functions to examples/.. and make it as standalone(not as library)
> Suggested directory(In the order of my preference). No strong preference on the directory name though
> 1) examples/helper  or
> 2) examples/common or
> 3) examples/utils
> 
> Thomas? Bruce?
> 
No strong opinions. In terms of naming, "common" seems to be the usual
(dare I say common) name used in DPDK for shared code resources such as
this.

For what exactly is being proposed, is there a short version of the
suggested approach and the logic behind it?