Thanks Honnappa. Following a discussion I heard on a recent arch call, I take the opportunity to re-state in black on white:
- there are and continue to be SoC specific ODP implementations that leverage little code from Linux Generic. There has been a request to the steering committee (initially Cavium but confirmed by NXP) that those SoC specific implementation are present in a common repository to avoid perception of being forked projects. - there is an effort to have a new ODP implementation (odp-cloud), which targets performance on Arm and x86, intends to leverage directly hardware (meaning native member SoC packetios or selected PCI NICs). As part of this effort there is also a modularization effort. Out of the indentified modules we have: "packet/buffer/pool", "DDF", "individual device drivers"... These are distinct goals. There is no intention to shape/mandate the software architecture of SoC specific implementations through odp-cloud. If it is technically feasible and valuable for the member, it may decide to "import" modules from odp-cloud. But that is a member decision. We will do odp-cloud so that import is the easiest possible, but certainly not push/force implementation changes. Cordially, FF On 29 August 2017 at 04:59, Honnappa Nagarahalli < honnappa.nagaraha...@linaro.org> wrote: > Hi, > I have captured the status of Modular Pkt I/O after PR 139. I have > also documented an open item for discussion. > > https://docs.google.com/a/linaro.org/document/d/ > 1mT5vQ766fn2pCtUUGGJAjnJINNfHO6VcExDOgfVZsFI/edit?usp=sharing > > Hi Nikhil/Bala, > Can you please take a look at the document? I need your inputs on > your pkt I/O design/implementation. > > I will add it to Tuesday's ODP-Cloud call. > > Thank you, > Honnappa > -- [image: Linaro] <http://www.linaro.org/> François-Frédéric Ozog | *Director Linaro Networking Group* T: +33.67221.6485 francois.o...@linaro.org | Skype: ffozog
