[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] pmd_hw_support.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw support information

2016-05-24 Thread Neil Horman
On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 09:15:41AM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: > On 05/23/2016 04:55 PM, Neil Horman wrote: > > On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 02:56:18PM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: > > > On 05/20/2016 05:06 PM, Neil Horman wrote: > > > [...] > > > > Look, I think we're simply not going to agree on th

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] pmd_hw_support.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw support information

2016-05-24 Thread Panu Matilainen
On 05/23/2016 04:55 PM, Neil Horman wrote: > On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 02:56:18PM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: >> On 05/20/2016 05:06 PM, Neil Horman wrote: >> [...] >>> Look, I think we're simply not going to agree on this issue at all. What >>> about >>> this in the way of compromise. I simply

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] pmd_hw_support.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw support information

2016-05-23 Thread Panu Matilainen
On 05/20/2016 05:06 PM, Neil Horman wrote: [...] > Look, I think we're simply not going to agree on this issue at all. What > about > this in the way of compromise. I simply am not comfortable with automatically > trying to guess what hardware support will exist in an application based on > the

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] pmd_hw_support.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw support information

2016-05-23 Thread Neil Horman
On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 02:56:18PM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: > On 05/20/2016 05:06 PM, Neil Horman wrote: > [...] > > Look, I think we're simply not going to agree on this issue at all. What > > about > > this in the way of compromise. I simply am not comfortable with > > automatically > >

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] pmd_hw_support.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw support information

2016-05-20 Thread Panu Matilainen
On 05/19/2016 04:26 PM, Neil Horman wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 09:08:52AM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: >> On 05/18/2016 04:48 PM, Neil Horman wrote: >>> On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 03:48:12PM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: On 05/18/2016 03:03 PM, Neil Horman wrote: > On Wed, May 18, 2016

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] pmd_hw_support.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw support information

2016-05-20 Thread Neil Horman
On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 10:30:27AM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: > On 05/19/2016 04:26 PM, Neil Horman wrote: > > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 09:08:52AM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: > > > On 05/18/2016 04:48 PM, Neil Horman wrote: > > > > On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 03:48:12PM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] pmd_hw_support.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw support information

2016-05-19 Thread Neil Horman
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 09:08:52AM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: > On 05/18/2016 04:48 PM, Neil Horman wrote: > > On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 03:48:12PM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: > > > On 05/18/2016 03:03 PM, Neil Horman wrote: > > > > On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 02:48:30PM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] pmd_hw_support.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw support information

2016-05-19 Thread Panu Matilainen
On 05/18/2016 04:48 PM, Neil Horman wrote: > On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 03:48:12PM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: >> On 05/18/2016 03:03 PM, Neil Horman wrote: >>> On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 02:48:30PM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: On 05/16/2016 11:41 PM, Neil Horman wrote: > This tool searches f

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] pmd_hw_support.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw support information

2016-05-18 Thread Panu Matilainen
On 05/18/2016 03:38 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 2016-05-18 14:48, Panu Matilainen: >> Calling up on the list of requirements from >> http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-May/038324.html, I see a pile of >> technical requirements but perhaps we should stop for a moment to think >> about the use-cas

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] pmd_hw_support.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw support information

2016-05-18 Thread Panu Matilainen
On 05/18/2016 03:03 PM, Neil Horman wrote: > On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 02:48:30PM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: >> On 05/16/2016 11:41 PM, Neil Horman wrote: >>> This tool searches for the primer sting PMD_DRIVER_INFO= in any ELF binary, >>> and, if found parses the remainder of the string as a json

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] pmd_hw_support.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw support information

2016-05-18 Thread Thomas Monjalon
2016-05-18 16:09, Panu Matilainen: > On 05/18/2016 03:38 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 2016-05-18 14:48, Panu Matilainen: > >> Calling up on the list of requirements from > >> http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-May/038324.html, I see a pile of > >> technical requirements but perhaps we should st

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] pmd_hw_support.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw support information

2016-05-18 Thread Panu Matilainen
On 05/16/2016 11:41 PM, Neil Horman wrote: > This tool searches for the primer sting PMD_DRIVER_INFO= in any ELF binary, > and, if found parses the remainder of the string as a json encoded string, > outputting the results in either a human readable or raw, script parseable > format > > Signed-off-

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] pmd_hw_support.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw support information

2016-05-18 Thread Thomas Monjalon
2016-05-18 14:48, Panu Matilainen: > Calling up on the list of requirements from > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-May/038324.html, I see a pile of > technical requirements but perhaps we should stop for a moment to think > about the use-cases first? > > To name some from the top of my hea

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] pmd_hw_support.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw support information

2016-05-18 Thread Neil Horman
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 03:26:42PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 2016-05-18 16:09, Panu Matilainen: > > On 05/18/2016 03:38 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > 2016-05-18 14:48, Panu Matilainen: > > >> Calling up on the list of requirements from > > >> http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-May/038324

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] pmd_hw_support.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw support information

2016-05-18 Thread Neil Horman
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 03:48:12PM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: > On 05/18/2016 03:03 PM, Neil Horman wrote: > > On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 02:48:30PM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: > > > On 05/16/2016 11:41 PM, Neil Horman wrote: > > > > This tool searches for the primer sting PMD_DRIVER_INFO= in any

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] pmd_hw_support.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw support information

2016-05-18 Thread Neil Horman
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 02:48:30PM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: > On 05/16/2016 11:41 PM, Neil Horman wrote: > > This tool searches for the primer sting PMD_DRIVER_INFO= in any ELF binary, > > and, if found parses the remainder of the string as a json encoded string, > > outputting the results in

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] pmd_hw_support.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw support information

2016-05-16 Thread Neil Horman
This tool searches for the primer sting PMD_DRIVER_INFO= in any ELF binary, and, if found parses the remainder of the string as a json encoded string, outputting the results in either a human readable or raw, script parseable format Signed-off-by: Neil Horman CC: Bruce Richardson CC: Thomas Monj