[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mk: Introduce NXP dpaa2 architecture based on armv8-a

[Jerin Jacob]

On Mon, May 09, 2016 at 07:02:36PM +0800, Jianbo Liu wrote:
> On 9 May 2016 at 17:06, Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob at caviumnetworks.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, May 09, 2016 at 07:18:22PM +0530, Hemant Agrawal wrote:
> >> This patch introduces dpaa2 machine target to address difference
> >> in cpu parameter, number of core to 8 and no numa support
> >> w.r.t default armv8-a machine
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
> >> ---
> >>  config/defconfig_arm64-dpaa2-linuxapp-gcc | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  mk/machine/dpaa2/rte.vars.mk              | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  mk/rte.module.mk                          |  5 +++
> >>  3 files changed, 109 insertions(+)
> >>  create mode 100644 config/defconfig_arm64-dpaa2-linuxapp-gcc
> >>  create mode 100644 mk/machine/dpaa2/rte.vars.mk
> >>
> >> diff --git a/config/defconfig_arm64-dpaa2-linuxapp-gcc b/config/defconfig_arm64-dpaa2-linuxapp-gcc
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 0000000..80bda26
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/config/defconfig_arm64-dpaa2-linuxapp-gcc
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
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> >> +#include "defconfig_arm64-armv8a-linuxapp-gcc"
> >> +
> >> +# NXP (Freescale) - Soc Architecture with WRIOP and QBMAN support
> >> +CONFIG_RTE_MACHINE="dpaa2"
> >> +CONFIG_RTE_ARCH_ARM_TUNE="cortex-a57+fp+simd"
> >> +
> >> +#
> >> +# Compile Environment Abstraction Layer
> >> +#
> >> +CONFIG_RTE_MAX_LCORE=8
> >> +CONFIG_RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES=1
> >> +CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO=n
> >
> > I think it makes sense to move this option to generic arm64 config
> > as upstream arm64 kernel does not have support for sysfs based PCI mmap
> > resource file,(/sys/bus/pci/devices/B:D:F/resource[_wc]X) need for
> > CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO to work) and use VFIO for all cases.
> >
> > Any objections?
> >
> Is there any conflict to keep both?

I would like to avoid the case like below in dpdk.org ml.
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-January/031313.html