From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga05.intel.com (mga05.intel.com [192.55.52.43]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DEBF3DC for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2017 10:51:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from orsmga003.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.27]) by fmsmga105.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 23 Aug 2017 01:51:50 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.41,415,1498546800"; d="scan'208";a="1006752108" Received: from bricha3-mobl3.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.237.221.24]) by orsmga003.jf.intel.com with SMTP; 23 Aug 2017 01:51:47 -0700 Received: by (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 23 Aug 2017 09:51:47 +0100 Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 09:51:47 +0100 From: Bruce Richardson To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: Markus Theil , ferruh.yigit@intel.com, dev@dpdk.org Message-ID: <20170823085146.GC10356@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <1503336825-7700-1-git-send-email-markus.theil@tu-ilmenau.de> <20170822095553.418ed188@xeon-e3> <20170823084735.GB10356@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170823084735.GB10356@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com> Organization: Intel Research and =?iso-8859-1?Q?De=ACvel?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?opment?= Ireland Ltd. User-Agent: Mutt/1.8.3 (2017-05-23) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] igb_uio: MSI IRQ mode, irq enable/disable refactored 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: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 08:51:51 -0000 On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 09:47:35AM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote: > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 09:55:53AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Aug 2017 19:33:45 +0200 > > Markus Theil wrote: > > > > > This patch adds MSI IRQ mode and in a way, that should > > > also work on older kernel versions. The base for my patch > > > was an attempt to do this in cf705bc36c which was later reverted in > > > d8ee82745a. Compilation was tested on Linux 3.2, 4.10 and 4.12. > > > > > > MSI(X) setup was already using pci_alloc_irq_vectors before, > > > but calls to pci_free_irq_vectors were missing and added. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Markus Theil > > > > I wonder if DPDK should only N-1 Long Term Stable kernel.org kernels? > > That would mean 4.4.83 or later now, and 4.9 or later starting with 18.XX releases. > > > > If enterprise distro's want to backport more, that is their prerogative but upstream > > DPDK shouldn't have to worry about it. The current mess with KNI especially is out > > of hand. > > I agree in principal about limiting ourselves to only supporting a more > limited set of kernel versions in mainline. However, the exact number of > versions probably needs some discussion - my initial impression is that > what you propose is a little too limited. Actually, having had a bit more caffeine, I need to correct myself. :-( Since these are out of tree modules, it means that most distro's are not including them in their packaging. This rules out the possibility of them getting backported by those distros, leaving the maintainence of them entirely to the DPDK community. Therefore, I don't think we can limit ourselves to just LTS kernels, but also need to include kernels of major distros we need to support. In short, pretty much where we are today, I think. :-( /Bruce