2016-03-02 11:47, Vincent JARDIN:

Le 02/03/2016 09:27, Panu Matilainen a écrit :

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I'd like to see these be merged.

Jay

The code is really not ready. I am okay with cooperative development
but the current code needs to go into a staging type tree.
No compatibility, no ABI guarantees, more of an RFC.
Don't want vendors building products with it then screaming when it
gets rebuilt/reworked/scrapped.

Exactly.

+1 too

We need to build on this innovation while there is a path for kernel 
mainstream. The logic of using a staging is a good one.

Thomas,

can we open a staging folder into the DPDK like it is done into the kernel?

It's possible to create a staging directory if everybody agree.
It is important to state in a README file or in the doc/ that
there will be no guarantee (no stable ABI, no validation and can be dropped)
and that it is a work in progress, a suggestion to discuss with the kernel
community.

The kernel modules must clearly target an upstream integration.