21/09/2022 15:56, Shijith Thotton: > This is a continuation of the discussions[1] to add mbuf physical address > field to dynamic field. > Previous version was to add PA field to dynamic field area based on the EAL > IOVA mode option. It was > deemed unsafe as some components could still use the PA field without > checking IOVA mode and there > are drivers which need PA to work. One suggestion was to make the IOVA mode > check at compile time so > that drivers which need PA can be disabled during build. This series adds > this new meson build > options. Second patch adds mbuf PA field to dynamic field on such builds. > Last two patches enable > Marvell cnxk PMDs and software PMDs in IOVA as VA build as they work without > PA field.
Shijith, in case it was not clear, we can accept this change only in -rc1 closing today, and we didn't receive the expected v4 yet.
