[dpdk-dev] [RFC 00/12] introduce s390x architecture

[David Marchand]

Hello,

On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 9:45 AM David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 9:06 PM Vivian Kong <vivkong at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> To build and run DPDK on Linux on IBM Z (s390x), big endian support
>> is added and s390x vector intrinics are used in the implementation
>>
>
> intrinsics*
>
> of DPDK libraries.
>>
>> I appreciate your feedback.
>>
>
> Quick check since this is not 19.05 material.
>
> - New files should be Copyright 2019.
> - Avoid copy/paste from Power, noticed a reference to Power in the config
> file.
> - Configuration files are stacked, only enable/disable the needed parts in
> the specific s390 file
> - Meson must be added.
> - No need to add dead code, remove the commented code like:
>   //#define dsb(opt) asm volatile("" : : : "memory")
> - Comments using // are banned.
> - No need to introduce a RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_S390X to map to the scalar code.
>   Just avoid the SSE code to be selected in the build framework (iiuc).
> - Avoid introducing empty lines
>
>
> Run check scripts from devtools before submitting:
>
> [dmarchan at dmarchan dpdk]$ ./devtools/checkpatches.sh
>
> ### mk: introduce s390x architecture
>
> WARNING:NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF: Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch
> author 'Vivian Kong <vivkong at gmail.com>'
>
> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 61 lines checked
>
> ### eal: add support for s390x architecture
>
> WARNING:NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF: Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch
> author 'Vivian Kong <vivkong at gmail.com>'
>
> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 601 lines checked
>
> ### acl: add support for s390x architecture
>
> WARNING:NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF: Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch
> author 'Vivian Kong <vivkong at gmail.com>'
>
> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 208 lines checked
>
> ### lpm: add support for s390x architecture
>
> WARNING:NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF: Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch
> author 'Vivian Kong <vivkong at gmail.com>'
>
> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 203 lines checked
>
> ### examples/l3fwd: add support for s390x architecture
>
> WARNING:NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF: Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch
> author 'Vivian Kong <vivkong at gmail.com>'
>
> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 410 lines checked
>
> ### net/i40e: add support for s390x architecture
>
> WARNING:NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF: Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch
> author 'Vivian Kong <vivkong at gmail.com>'
>
> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 0 checks, 647 lines checked
>
> ### test: add support for s390x architecture
>
> WARNING:NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF: Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch
> author 'Vivian Kong <vivkong at gmail.com>'
>
> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 192 lines checked
>
> ### hash: add support for s390x architecture
>
> WARNING:NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF: Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch
> author 'Vivian Kong <vivkong at gmail.com>'
>
> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 16 lines checked
>
> ### doc: introduce s390x architecture
>
> WARNING:COMMIT_MESSAGE: Missing commit description - Add an appropriate one
>
> WARNING:NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF: Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch
> author 'Vivian Kong <vivkong at gmail.com>'
>
> total: 0 errors, 2 warnings, 24 lines checked
>
> ### ethdev: add cast for bus_device
>
> WARNING:COMMIT_MESSAGE: Missing commit description - Add an appropriate one
>
> WARNING:NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF: Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch
> author 'Vivian Kong <vivkong at gmail.com>'
>
> total: 0 errors, 2 warnings, 8 lines checked
>
> ### mbuf: trivial fix
>
> WARNING:COMMIT_MESSAGE: Missing commit description - Add an appropriate one
>
> WARNING:NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF: Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch
> author 'Vivian Kong <vivkong at gmail.com>'
>
> total: 0 errors, 2 warnings, 8 lines checked
>
> ### test: miscellaneous test fixes
>
> WARNING:NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF: Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch
> author 'Vivian Kong <vivkong at gmail.com>'
>
> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 32 lines checked
>
> 0/12 valid patch
>

We are now post 19.05.
This is the right time to propose new features/architectures.
If you want to post a new series, please take into account the previous
comments.

Thanks.

-- 
David Marchand