[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] *** Upgrade NIC share codes ***

[Thomas Monjalon]

Hi Jijiang,

2014-05-27 01:51, Liu, Jijiang:
> This is a batch update of the code in DPDK to align it with the latest
> versions of the common device driver code for Intel network devices, such
> as is used in the Linux and BSD drivers. Intel DPDK team get periodic
> updates from the networking division at Intel, and we apply those without
> modifications to the code in the ixgbe and e1000 subfolders of the DPDK
> codebase. Each code-drop provides us with the latest device support and bug
> fixes.
> 
> The code-drop was tested by the ND team ,and Intel DPDK team receive the
> code-drop without individual commit history, as mentioned earlier, this is
> a batch update. Furthermore, before sending patches to dpdk.org, in order
> to guarantee no new issues are introduced by upgrading, Intel DPDK team has
> done development and test of integration, and don't change any source codes
> in these drivers in the meantime. At present, the common device code should
> be treated as read-only, any bugs found here will be collected and reported
> to Intel.

It is now applied in master branch for version 1.7.0.

I've splitted this code drop in 31 atomic and understandable commits.
Please look at them carefully.
It is what we may expect to be sent for next upgrade of base drivers.

Thanks
-- 
Thomas