Hi Aaron, On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 9:51 AM, Aaron Conole <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Michal, > > mweglicx <[email protected]> writes: > > > Following changes are applied: > > - netdev-dpdk: Changes required by DPDK API modifications. > > - doc: Because of DPDK API changes, backward compatibility > > with previous DPDK releases will be broken, thus all > > relevant documentation entries are updated. > > - .travis: DPDK version change from 16.11.1 to 17.05. > > - rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec.in: DPDK version change > > from 16.11 to 17.05. > > > > v1->v2: Patch rework based on minor review comments. > > v2->v3: VHOST user client reconfiguration corrected. > > v3->v4: Patch is rebased against OVS master, minor > > rework based on review comments. > > > > Signed-off-by: Michal Weglicki <[email protected]> > > --- > > Since you got some comments from Mark, please describe the motivation > for this change with v5. Something explaining why to move off of the > LTS and onto this non-LTS version. I'm not opposed to moving - just > want to know what benefits it brings, and have that recorded as a log > in the commit history so that it can be referenced. > > Thanks! > A big motivation would be to support new architectures like ARMv8 and Power9. I have had to move along with DPDK to get this to work. --Bill _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
