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 A0F3BA05D3 for ; Fri, 24 May 2019 18:46:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 711392C16; Fri, 24 May 2019 18:46:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-pf1-f195.google.com (mail-pf1-f195.google.com [209.85.210.195]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 317601C0B for ; Fri, 24 May 2019 18:46:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pf1-f195.google.com with SMTP id g9so5641194pfo.11 for ; Fri, 24 May 2019 09:46:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=M9VPRQRds8xePoFNCP8GND90Q44jCnDQhvQvndywd6w=; b=ISC6JCSYKMZxc4WZdT7+F/ld8vbaKfUrvAH+SU3JzDNVke/6LeyCQQ0JUzcXwmnEhW yEZaeUtfs7HNXITilseUfnHGKxzYTt6X5MYHIJwUS3D73xxr7kiMgiWUZTJOtaZ2ITTa oISyavrClRI06NbrWqjNG0lGbmswlApxPyW0GZtmuAlVqXza5x89X6GV3b8GnH2MUE86 b/3qp3DD0MR3V2OQbv4qIpurBpsIWcUCi3qrdiB8YQI2v7rtoNYioFcEY6Q8hVQuUUtl e0Kx55gMTA3QfG1oHl2au/AsliiJBD9Ljxy0g8sWJkx3QjvQRWyua0uwkJmq/Fh1SuEj l3gQ== 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=M9VPRQRds8xePoFNCP8GND90Q44jCnDQhvQvndywd6w=; b=cWWV0P4Z1gsKInvqVvWWnecP028PDFAROT7xXI8fDrpEG+bAhBT+5YtOEXTYVLfVLa NM3U58kiikZkLlLgDKuofFkptQKbAmtIZPnuHoNPzVfcScIir3gnCaQT5wqMaA6sgUxj IhWCWXosv5EtB7dH6lkFMFF4I1dzjtuHSXmZRqg69LBehe7M7zS5r4EWqUPx5RJlV2S3 q08z88o2DwvZXs+l+a8ZWSl//dQaa7yUq9BCBIHoe9bXxpNFxolvcRYhEn1M8ibQRSjw Cqe3KrnBTd+Ys511zevmq+yaplTtRYfKD7H4OUnln022+ejFWsnMWY0VUL6hbO4vQhQZ s0Aw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXiKIExLdsqFUig8eIU+QnerjAgt9RlFwkVgCVEDjoH3Q0assMC KYiyizv5/LpHgPnIsdX8oJtvg2vTxKM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyg/j4zhn4b9Gc92zt2Zo4ubjJBgWSr+3IAYvfkP2YgKS+sFjCD4LS5iq54Jkcw+8LdJnMyuA== X-Received: by 2002:a65:42ca:: with SMTP id l10mr52778736pgp.181.1558716383339; Fri, 24 May 2019 09:46:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.lan (204-195-22-127.wavecable.com. [204.195.22.127]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a11sm3209003pff.128.2019.05.24.09.46.22 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 24 May 2019 09:46:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 09:46:16 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Ferruh Yigit Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Thomas Monjalon , Neil Horman , John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic , Igor Ryzhov Message-ID: <20190524094616.71d5a13d@hermes.lan> In-Reply-To: <20190524162923.6318-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> References: <20181218012539.52921-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> <20190524162923.6318-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: remove 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" On Fri, 24 May 2019 17:29:22 +0100 Ferruh Yigit wrote: > From: Thomas Monjalon > > Current design requires kernel drivers and they need to be probed by > Linux up to some level so that they can be usable by DPDK for ethtool > support, this requires maintaining the Linux drivers in DPDK. > > Also ethtool support is limited and hard, if not impossible, to expand > to other PMDs. > > Since KNI ethtool support is not used commonly, if not used at all, > removing the support for the sake of simplicity and maintenance. > > Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger