[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/27] Add i40e PMD support

[Thomas Monjalon]

2014-06-18 08:51, Zhang, Helin:
> Thomas Monjalon:
> > Some things could be cleaned up later, especially i40e specific flags in
> > generic API must be removed. Please work on a patch for next release.
> 
> Btw, what do you mean the i40e specific flags in generic API? Did you mean
> the new flags defined in rte_mbuf.h? Yes, we are working on some bug fixes
> and enhancements which might need to be added in the next release.

I mean that RSS flags are really Intel-specific. In case other NIC vendors 
would use this RSS API, it can be a problem to address. But we can wait for 
this one.
About mbuf flags, they are all zeros and useless. So a patch is needed to get 
some space and define new values (as you already explained).
And last but not the least, RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_16BYTE_RX_DESC handling is very 
strange as it can be seen in this commit:
	http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/commit/?id=ac2ece3fb1f5511

-- 
Thomas