[dpdk-dev] Critical fixes for next-net-mlx

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 5/24/2018 3:11 PM, Shahaf Shuler wrote:
> Hi Ferruh,
> 
> In next-net-mlx and for “next-net” there are several critical fixes:
> * fecb5cb net/mlx4: drop support in Mellanox OFED 4.2
> Small doc update to notify all users – this is for next-net.

Documentation patches are accepted for rc6, ok for this one.

> * 995b985 net/mlx5: fix generic tunnel offloading compatibility
> check                                                                                          
> w/o it we cannot compile on RH7.5 with inbox libs (rdma-core).

This is updating Makefile, changing the data structure to check to give a
configuration decision. What to check has been updated because of what is
available in a distro.

I believe this is not something to break the build, and should be safe for rest
of the dpdk.

But from your point of view, if this data structure cause any un-expected result
in any other distro, you won't have another opportunity to fix, I just want to
confirm are you sure about change?

> * 8276073 net/mlx5: fix SW parser
> offset                                                                             
> w/o it TSO for tunnel is broken

What is the scope of this one? Commit log doesn't have enough information. What
feature is broken, what is the exposure is it broken for all use cases or for
some, is there any workaround?

> 
> Hope it will be possible to include those. 
> 
> --Shahaf