Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] drivers: advertise kmod dependencies in pmdinfo

[Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>]

Hi Adrien,

On 11/22/2016 11:27 AM, Adrien Mazarguil wrote:
> Hi Olivier,
> 
> Neither mlx4 nor mlx5 depend on igb/uio/vfio modules, please see below.
> 
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 10:50:57AM +0100, Olivier Matz wrote:
>> Add a new macro RTE_PMD_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP() that allows a driver to
>> declare the list of kernel modules required to run properly.
>>
>> Today, most PCI drivers require uio/vfio.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
>> Acked-by: Fiona Trahe <fiona.trahe@intel.com>
>> ---
> [...]
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
>> index da61a85..a0065bf 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
>> @@ -5937,3 +5937,4 @@ rte_mlx4_pmd_init(void)
>>  
>>  RTE_PMD_EXPORT_NAME(net_mlx4, __COUNTER__);
>>  RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI_TABLE(net_mlx4, mlx4_pci_id_map);
>> +RTE_PMD_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP(net_mlx4, "* igb_uio | uio_pci_generic | vfio");
> 
> RTE_PMD_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP(net_mlx4, "* ib_uverbs & mlx4_en & mlx4_core & mlx4_ib");
> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
>> index 90cc35e..b0343f3 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
>> @@ -759,3 +759,4 @@ rte_mlx5_pmd_init(void)
>>
>>  RTE_PMD_EXPORT_NAME(net_mlx5, __COUNTER__);
>>  RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI_TABLE(net_mlx5, mlx5_pci_id_map);
>> +RTE_PMD_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP(net_mlx5, "* igb_uio | uio_pci_generic | vfio");
> 
> RTE_PMD_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP(net_mlx5, "* ib_uverbs & mlx5_core & mlx5_ib");
> 

Thank you for reviewing. I messed up in the rebase, the v1 was
closer to what you suggest, sorry. I'll send an update.

Olivier