From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by dpdk.space (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B023A05D3 for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:37:49 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0590F4F98; Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:37:49 +0100 (CET) Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com (out3-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 914504CA6 for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:37:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CD492261E; Wed, 27 Mar 2019 09:37:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 27 Mar 2019 09:37:47 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=mesmtp; bh=Mh7c2GGdvFnXZdfGkHqYfpwakmQfsRXW3EzxvAZM2wE=; b=PSzEaNaR2cAB hdIRuoJzdULyWDR893QlNShIMscSzl6u9HZ/Wlhtol0MnjbGhFGbMDmzQEXOJ2P8 MUwwpdYQjV5srmbOtwPsiHTpNOUrhKTKCUvCkGrQ3qbvtQO8Tqz/9BdakpC7oM2j tfy1p5jA6ovGmIPqlw8fOx/Nm7gnLIc= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; bh=Mh7c2GGdvFnXZdfGkHqYfpwakmQfsRXW3EzxvAZM2 wE=; b=ivid4m2J4FLqY31iFg1QUjmLkeG1X4w9XFx4IGbEOc3T1AQOKovVAekGs F3XVJpFBdXNGKqiBFNWNRj7OBNjbqU53JCPWS9mqlYU/YXBig9FkPF98QWuZuFlm mDLR8d+3SxDoxf3Vv/uRPH/tuzAX2uPaRRyGC1+nFavpzcdwpQRXsaIedthEDO31 FtuYZl9zrUNWu7dbeT67GJdlegIObGKOwrEDZZWcSnwYGyvLKdZx3adPIRsV8pLT 1550JCBWzEsZhU1SYqNKyrOlBPeS9MSyCWRKrIW1cwlU+5WXzEsb0KgbE8ytYzi2 kwpvFI28WBlTC2h45CQ5DlA7ra4XQ== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedutddrkedvgdehudcutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenuc fjughrpefhvffufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhmrghs ucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenucfkph epjeejrddufeegrddvtdefrddukeegnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehthhho mhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptd X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 50F3BE49DD; Wed, 27 Mar 2019 09:37:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Ferruh Yigit Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Neil Horman , John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:37:43 +0100 Message-ID: <3642574.kCKcibyRqI@xps> In-Reply-To: <20190218123002.26908-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> References: <20190218123002.26908-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecate KNI ethtool support 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: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Message-ID: <20190327133743.qR7p6jKZkiekdbIl1VVVc3nzkmpfYDwG1b2yY96y-WA@z> 18/02/2019 13:30, Ferruh Yigit: > +* kni: remove KNI ethtool support. To clarify, this is not to remove the KNI, > + but only to remove ethtool support of it that is disabled by default and > + can be enabled via ``CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL`` config option. > + Existing KNI ethtool implementation is only supported by ``igb`` & ``ixgbe`` > + drivers, by using a copy of kernel drivers in DPDK. This model can't be extend s/extend/extended/ > + to all drivers in DPDK and it is too much effort to maintain kernel modules in DPDK. > + As a result users won't be able to use ``ethtool`` via ``igb`` & ``ixgbe`` anymore. Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon Applied, thanks