Subject: Re: [ANN] netdev call - Jan 16th

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 14:26:23 -0800

On Mon, 15 Jan 2024 17:54:40 -0800 Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> The bi-weekly netdev call at https://bbb.lwn.net/b/jak-wkr-seg-hjn
> is scheduled tomorrow at 8:30 am (PT) / 5:30 pm (~EU).
> 
> There's a minor CI update. Please suggest other topics.

Sorry about the delay in sending minutes, here they are:

* BQL (Dave Taht)
  * Embedded drivers missing BQL
    * Complain to the driver maintainers
    * Driver review time is best to request basic features like BQL
    * Some of the problems are in the vendor downstream drivers
  * Are vendors running flent and other latency tests?
    * Jesse: yes, although they struggle at DC speeds
  * Multi-queue BQL
    * Not much interest among attendees
    * Andrew: try to keep it in the core, fewer driver changes the better
 * CI
   * Most of the networking selftests are now run on pending patches
     * https://netdev.bots.linux.dev/status.html
   * Not reporting back to patchwork, yet, because there’s a bunch of
     pre-existing failures
   * Paolo: we should extend the tests with mptcp tests
   * DSA tests may also be useful - Andrew to investigate if they can run in SW
   * We’re looking to integrate with other people running tests themselves

Unrelated to the call, but we have also posted a "2023 netdev
retrospective": https://people.kernel.org/kuba/netdev-in-2023