William Townsend <[email protected]> writes:

> 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.

Thanks Bill - that's a great reason to move.  I think the next commit
message should include something to detail that.

> ​--Bill
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