From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f43.google.com (mail-wm0-f43.google.com [74.125.82.43]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FF3620F for ; Mon, 22 May 2017 10:18:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wm0-f43.google.com with SMTP id e127so27702221wmg.1 for ; Mon, 22 May 2017 01:18:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=AE/hTm1c1DnJ1SAd2+9WE+HHUDpRKHnCdUxyWfa3Ft0=; b=InX50lZViDG+Z3NL3qYThUpqf82UD0cgD8VckOgcPwJQgbsMyDRcnocRLMf+5afpGW PvGaEtm/03RFtbqlkPCGHr/W0QsWUD3MYWIcB6bzAtOSJRjanPQXLiuWRL196El71nHR X3USSvenbPPu4in+77rO3F605AbWIexajNBO0szwDhOPGifl9Ecyw2lg8SW7653RmSZ5 9+y8SMLqochNHvv9wSdbYIBLfCXSfWgILMAZHQVmoLC7D06bHj5iAM+QvgsSBgX/Bkvn 0zUF456agRBjqNFOb7lTKBjwJkjYZXGGH+if+jXsMuEyQ2aJ/cKLGR4OKMHsvClRFM3Q zG4g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=AE/hTm1c1DnJ1SAd2+9WE+HHUDpRKHnCdUxyWfa3Ft0=; b=ugHfpQs9tbJML5T6k6kIZCRkDvSDFucwTT2FARABSuL1J9XaQ7vSgscuPAcsjtYJxe sSGifJd3umNQz0H81QWDGgg88seqDHEHW7fl9t98kTQwxtZtOL6UJA+oZ93QfIePQbJd iJnpeY/oeHDLgwfy8VGz4EbC1MgVdCpPPmEHWorTZSePediD5Zzc5DkK4veLabwH7z/Z i2Ol/RCihXMFV+B13v79cfUqYi65CLWVV6bB1gE958I3Zz/W3H1U3nQaiDBCHXbEiDUM ZdE1tLMIIR/GF3yHa0dvxTrfli5u8YswmPv8jZpkAjY+FlmAz5Zu/eK4a639YvleydWS MwNw== X-Gm-Message-State: AODbwcDQonCbfxM4PPBhoFZhEIgTBynHwvKknf1YYsbGPH4oWILF5Mt2 2aYLryWOUsq5lFggw70= X-Received: by 10.223.172.149 with SMTP id o21mr10135744wrc.181.1495441108429; Mon, 22 May 2017 01:18:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from platinum (2a01cb0c03c651000226b0fffeed02fc.ipv6.abo.wanadoo.fr. [2a01:cb0c:3c6:5100:226:b0ff:feed:2fc]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id x64sm11237468wrb.10.2017.05.22.01.18.27 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Mon, 22 May 2017 01:18:28 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 10:18:25 +0200 From: Olivier Matz To: David Marchand Cc: dev@dpdk.org, ferruh.yigit@intel.com Message-ID: <20170522101825.7c4b99b6@platinum> In-Reply-To: <1495285957-22307-1-git-send-email-david.marchand@6wind.com> References: <1495285957-22307-1-git-send-email-david.marchand@6wind.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.14.1 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] drivers: fix vfio kmod dependency X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 08:18:28 -0000 On Sat, 20 May 2017 15:12:37 +0200, David Marchand wrote: > vfio is the kernel framework used by the vfio-pci kernel driver. > DPDK drivers do not rely solely on vfio, but rather on vfio-pci to gain > access to pci resources. > > Fixes: 0880c40113ef ("drivers: advertise kmod dependencies in pmdinfo") > Signed-off-by: David Marchand Acked-by: Olivier Matz What would be the impact of not having this fix? I think it would prevent scripts based on pmd modinfo to load the proper kernel module (vfio-pci). So I'd suggest to CC stable. What do you think? Regards, Olivier