[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] Add Armv7 support

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 06:58:15 +0000
Ruifeng Wang <Ruifeng.Wang at arm.com> wrote:

> >
> > Do you have any plan on CI?
> > I don't think DPDK Lab has Armv7 hardware to run tests.  
> Yes, we do have plans for CI for armv7, We are currently conducting
> our testing with WPJ419 platform. I would like to note what all things
> that should be taken into consideration for making CI support for armv7
> related contributions.
> [Ruifeng] I think basically we should have build for armv7. And in-tree unit tests are also preferred to run.
> For traffic/performance tests, it is good to have.
> 
> Aso, we would like know how the testing for armv7 was done in older
> DPDK releases, and what all things were considered, so that we can follow
> the same.
> [Ruifeng] As I know, there was no public CI for armv7 in older releases.
> 
> Regards,
> Supriya Mane

This patch is over 2 years old. Has there been any progress on it?
Does it still make sense?
What is missing?