08/06/2017 18:43, Dumitrescu, Cristian: > <snip> ... > > > > I'm sure I'm missing something. > > In my understanding, we do not need to change the ops: > > - if the device offers the capability, let's call the ops > > - else call the software fallback function > > > > What you might be missing is the observation that the approach you're > describing requires changing each and every PMD. The changes are also > intrusive: need to change the ops that need the SW fall-back patching, also > need to change the private data of each PMD (as assigned to the opaque > dev->data->dev_private) to add the context data needed by the patched ops. > Therefore, this approach is a no-go. > > We are looking for a generic approach that can gracefully and transparently > work with any PMD.
Nobody is participating in this discussion. Can we discuss how to proceed in the technical board meeting?
