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#fdio-vpp: fdio-vpp
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Meeting started by DaveBarach at 15:01:08 UTC.  The full logs are
available at
http://ircbot.wl.linuxfoundation.org/meetings/fdio-vpp/2019/fdio-vpp.2019-03-19-15.01.log.html
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Meeting summary
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* csit Maciek reporting  (DaveBarach, 15:02:11)
  * CSIT-1901.1 maintenance report to be published shortly  (mackonstan,
    15:02:26)
  * Update on major work items:  (mackonstan, 15:03:07)
  * test suite auto-gen completed (any NIC variations, any throughput
    methodologies),  (mackonstan, 15:03:29)
  * VAT to PAPI migration in full swing, introduced "thin-VM" for all
    vhost tests.  (mackonstan, 15:04:06)
  * Tracking and verifying VPP API/PAPI changes - see gerrit link,
    discussion later led by Dave Wallace  (mackonstan, 15:04:38)
  * LINK: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/#/c/18356/  (mackonstan, 15:04:44)

* host stack (Florin)  (DaveBarach, 15:07:37)
  * switch to cut-through transport vs. apps mapping multi-queues
    (DaveBarach, 15:08:24)
  * lots of cleanup patches pushed  (DaveBarach, 15:08:36)
  * consolidate generation of tcp packets, setup work for a more
    generalized pacing scheme  (DaveBarach, 15:09:05)

* Docs  (DaveBarach, 15:09:53)
  * Paul V reports make test docs already in the tree  (DaveBarach,
    15:11:28)
  * ACTION: dbarach to chase down releasing test docs through usual
    "make docs" run  (DaveBarach, 15:12:58)

* Arm  (Sirshak reporting)  (DaveBarach, 15:13:31)
  * cache-line size 128 (thx2) packaging issue  (DaveBarach, 15:14:08)
  * build from source => host  (DaveBarach, 15:20:34)
  * Damjan suggest aligining thread structures to 128 to reduce the pain
    involved  (DaveBarach, 15:21:33)

* Releases (Dave Wallace reporting)  (DaveBarach, 15:22:15)
  * 19.01.1 released  (DaveBarach, 15:22:22)
  * request for 19.01.2 to add patches  (DaveBarach, 15:22:41)
  * csit cycles are a rate limiter. Once we get to 3/27, won't be able
    to spend csit resources on 19.01.X  (DaveBarach, 15:23:12)
  * need to track down who needs 19.01.2 and work with them offline
    (DaveBarach, 15:24:14)
  * sounds like Yichen and company  (DaveBarach, 15:27:42)
  * we need to close this before next Weds.  (DaveBarach, 15:28:08)
  * ACTION: dbarach to facilitate email offline  (DaveBarach, 15:28:18)

* 19.04 (Dave Wallace)  (DaveBarach, 15:29:33)
  * reminder of F0 (API freeze) date 4/3/2019  (DaveBarach, 15:29:56)

* Python3.0 transition (Dave Wallace)  (DaveBarach, 15:30:58)
  * leave 2.7 support in place until 3.0 hardening done  (DaveBarach,
    15:31:25)
  * Paul V: 2.7 not removed except in Makefiles  (DaveBarach, 15:31:53)
  * planning to switch in the 19.08 time frame  (DaveBarach, 15:32:23)
  * documentation runs (only) in 3.0  (DaveBarach, 15:32:35)
  * vppapigen runs over Py v3  (DaveBarach, 15:32:49)
  * requirements.txt controls the Py version  (DaveBarach, 15:33:30)
  * Py 2 => 2.7 only. Py 3 => 3.5...3.8 or similar  (DaveBarach,
    15:36:05)
  * easier to go to 3.6 or above  (DaveBarach, 15:36:46)

* API Flag Day (Dave Wallace)  (DaveBarach, 15:54:26)
  * try to avoid having csit-incompatible API patches merged
    (DaveBarach, 15:54:51)
  * identify / notify vpp API changes  (DaveBarach, 15:55:07)



Meeting ended at 16:03:55 UTC.



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* DaveBarach (36)
* mackonstan (6)
* collabot (3)



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