[dpdk-dev] PMD for Cisco VIC Ethernet NIC - Request for guidelines for submission

[Hobywan Kenoby]

Hi Sujith,
It was exciting to see open source code coming from Cisco ensuring a DPDK application can run on any platform and with any card....I haven't seen your patch yet. What happened?
HK
 

 

> Date : Wed, 28 May 2014 08:06> From : dev
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> Subject :
[dpdk-dev] PMD for Cisco VIC Ethernet NIC - Request for guidelines

> for submission

> 

> 

> Hi all,

> 

> We have been working on development of poll-mode
driver for Cisco VIC

> Ethernet NIC and integration of it with DPDK.  We would like to submit this

> poll-mode driver (ENIC PMD) to the DPDK community so
that it could be part

> of the DPDK tree.

> 

> Could someone please provide the guidelines and
steps to do this?  As of

> now, ENIC PMD is being tested with DPDK
1.6.0r2.  Is it alright to submit a

> patch for DPDK 1.6.0r2?

> 

> One aspect of ENIC PMD is that it works with
VFIO-PCI and not UIO.  Hope

> this is acceptable. 
The following thread in dpdk-dev influenced this

> decision.

> http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2013-July/000373.html

> 

> ENIC PMD uses one interrupt per interface and it is
used by the NIC for

> signalling the driver in case of any error.  Since this does not come in

> the fast path, it should be acceptable, isn¹t it?

> 

> Please give your suggestions and comments.

> 

> Thanks,

> -Sujith