[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v18 8/8] maintainers: add for dmadev

[Maxime Coquelin]

Hi,

On 9/2/21 3:39 PM, fengchengwen wrote:
> Fix in v19
> 
> I think there many patches wait for dmadev framework upstream, so
> could you help review unreviewd patches (like dma/skeleton and app/test)?

Thanks for all the work, it looks really promising!

> Also, we have developed the dma driver for hisilicon, and corresponding test
> app (like examples/vhost and testpmd) is being developed.
> 
> examples/vhost: will extend support dmadev type.

I think Sunil has posted RFC for Vhost lib and example, you might want
to have a look to avoid duplicate work.

> testpmd: will introduces some dma control commands and the dma forwarding mode.
>          the dma forwarding mode process:
>               // 1st: call rte_eth_rx_burst
>               // 2st: post received packet to dma, move data to another packet
>               // 3st: set newcopyed rte_mbuf header
>               // 4st: free received packet
>               // 5st: get dma completed request and associate it rte_mbuf
>               // 6st: send 5st's rte_mbuf to nic
> 
> @Maxime @Chenbo @Xiaoyun Like to hear your opinion.

We might also think of adding async support to Vhost PMD, that would be
another way to test dmadev with testpmd.

Thanks,
Maxime

> 
> On 2021/9/2 19:51, Bruce Richardson wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 06:54:17PM +0800, Chengwen Feng wrote:
>>> This patch add myself as dmadev's maintainer and update release notes.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen at huawei.com> ---
>>
>> Just in case you are doing any further revisions of this patchset, the
>> maintainers entry, and RN entry, generally is added in the first patch, so
>> squash this patch into patch #1.
>> .
>>
>