2016-01-29 09:47, Ananyev, Konstantin:

From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon@6wind.com]

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2016-01-29 09:24, Ananyev, Konstantin:

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Can you avoid modifications in the e1000/base code?
We do not modify (and maintain) that part on our own.
Instead we take it straight from Intel ND.
So if you feel like these changes are really necessary - please submit a patch
to ND first, and if your changes will be applied, will pick it up from them.

I was not aware we can submit a change to ND for Intel base drivers.
What is the procedure please?

I meant not to the ND directly, but probably to the freebsd e1000 kernel driver.
As I remember, that is the closest one to what we have.
From my understanding (I might be wrong here):
If they will be accepted, we should see these changes In next code drops from ND.

These base drivers are used in several places.
We are allowed to submit a patch in Linux or FreeBSD but not in DPDK
where the base driver is verbatim?
We have an agreement to not touch them in DPDK but I still think the
ND team could consider some patches from dpdk.org.