> > >On 04/14/2016 03:50 PM, Wiles, Keith wrote: >>> This series is a rework of mempool. For those who don't want to read >>> all the cover letter, here is a sumary: >>> >>> - it is not possible to allocate large mempools if there is not enough >>> contiguous memory, this series solves this issue >>> - introduce new APIs with less arguments: "create, populate, obj_init" >>> - allow to free a mempool >>> - split code in smaller functions, will ease the introduction of ext_handler >>> - remove test-pmd anonymous mempool creation >>> - remove most of dom0-specific mempool code >>> - opens the door for a eal_memory rework: we probably don't need large >>> contiguous memory area anymore, working with pages would work. >>> >>> This breaks the ABI as it was indicated in the deprecation for 16.04. >>> The API stays almost the same, no modification is needed in examples app >>> or in test-pmd. Only kni and mellanox drivers are slightly modified. >>> >>> This patch applies on top of 16.04 + v5 of Keith's patch: >>> "mempool: reduce rte_mempool structure size" >> >> I have not digested this complete patch yet, but this one popped out at me >> as the External Memory Manager support is setting in the wings for 16.07 >> release. If this causes the EMM patch to be rewritten or updated that seems >> like a problem to me. Does this patch add the External Memory Manager >> support? >> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.networking.dpdk.devel/32015/focus=35107 > >I've reworked the series you are referring to, and rebased it on top >of this series. Please see: >http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-April/037509.html
Thanks I just saw that update :-) > >Regards, >Olivier > Regards, Keith
