On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 05:25:22PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 2017-01-18 06:51, Jerin Jacob: > > Based on the discussion in the below-mentioned thread, > > http://dev.dpdk.narkive.com/DpIRqDuy/dpdk-dev-patch-v2-i40e-fix-eth-i40e-dev-init-sequence-on-thunderx > > > > This patchset introduces 8-bit, 16-bit, 32bit, 64bit I/O device > > memory read/write operations along with the relaxed versions. > > > > The weakly-ordered machine like ARM needs additional I/O barrier for > > device memory read/write access over PCI bus. > > By introducing the EAL abstraction for I/O device memory read/write access, > > The drivers can access I/O device memory in architecture-agnostic manner. > > > > The relaxed version does not have additional I/O memory barrier, useful in > > accessing the device registers of integrated controllers which > > implicitly strongly ordered with respect to memory access. > > Applied, thanks
Thanks > > Does it deserve an entry in the release notes? Not sure. If you like to add this in release note, then I can post a patch for the same.
