From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E157A051C; Fri, 17 Jan 2020 20:13:36 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2A542C58; Fri, 17 Jan 2020 20:13:34 +0100 (CET) Received: from mx0b-0016f401.pphosted.com (mx0a-0016f401.pphosted.com [67.231.148.174]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C3BB2C58; Fri, 17 Jan 2020 20:13:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from pps.filterd (m0045849.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0a-0016f401.pphosted.com (8.16.0.42/8.16.0.42) with SMTP id 00HJDWNm000473; Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:13:32 -0800 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=marvell.com; h=from : to : cc : subject : date : message-id : in-reply-to : references : mime-version : content-transfer-encoding : content-type; s=pfpt0818; bh=avhVAGzjSQ80GkbWBCoHh8y7Mg+7R7BD7wS2om40FSo=; b=Bw3B8yzSq0v8aePCIcw0NyGOET4+u0Ha0GFH4k+JJAXGHA4nqdP+XHtxHmHegr3lcrwH +T9AAZcTD0J5pgK6cGEgwYU4ClYiLDfZC4yzxK018qGP3aqFVy8bsoJIwLLCX9gxkFKI +AXElXw73Pt35112VKPSXqiAew40oegUdgsDHgy4+TM2G9ehEzB4IbhQu1AbHZzaPDTO tCcRjPUTo/yRHxhxbRVhKIx6QQ3y1Gnb4U6G1idAI3F2AOekVAKpHZl9tbT1EB1AVpoa AmWPcFyLYmf3s/TKWbLZV3wrGj7ge7CMstR10xbwBV9OvD2SGaEVISi/IbruBPdWzcJO og== Received: from sc-exch04.marvell.com ([199.233.58.184]) by mx0a-0016f401.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 2xk0s4ky3y-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:13:32 -0800 Received: from SC-EXCH03.marvell.com (10.93.176.83) by SC-EXCH04.marvell.com (10.93.176.84) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1497.2; Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:13:30 -0800 Received: from maili.marvell.com (10.93.176.43) by SC-EXCH03.marvell.com (10.93.176.83) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 15.0.1497.2 via Frontend Transport; Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:13:30 -0800 Received: from jerin-lab.marvell.com (jerin-lab.marvell.com [10.28.34.14]) by maili.marvell.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A29473F703F; Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:13:28 -0800 (PST) From: To: , Thomas Monjalon , John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic , "Bruce Richardson" CC: , Jerin Jacob Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 00:44:00 +0530 Message-ID: <20200117191400.893118-1-jerinj@marvell.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.24.1 In-Reply-To: <20191212131302.1626130-1-jerinj@marvell.com> References: <20191212131302.1626130-1-jerinj@marvell.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:6.0.138, 18.0.572 definitions=2020-01-17_05:2020-01-16, 2020-01-17 signatures=0 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] config: disable all kmods by default from v20.02 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" From: Jerin Jacob Based on the techboard meeting held on 2019-11-06, It's been decided to disable all kmods by default from v20.02. http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-November/151763.html Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob --- v2: - Updated meson config file to disable the kmods by default(Maxime) - Updated the release notes(Honnappa) I am not sure, in which section, we need to update the release notes for this specific case.I have updated on the "New Features" section. Thoughts ? config/common_linux | 2 -- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst | 5 +++++ meson_options.txt | 2 +- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/config/common_linux b/config/common_linux index c5cf3d662..583efadc7 100644 --- a/config/common_linux +++ b/config/common_linux @@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUX=y CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP=y CONFIG_RTE_EAL_NUMA_AWARE_HUGEPAGES=y -CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO=y CONFIG_RTE_EAL_VFIO=y -CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD=y CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_KNI=y CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_KNI=y CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST=y diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst index 9cc257168..afd645e7a 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst @@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ New Features A new API has been added to wait for a memory location to be updated with a 16-bit, 32-bit, 64-bit value. +* **Disabled all the Linux kernel modules build by default.** + + In order to remove the build time dependency with Linux kernel, + The techboard decided to disable all the kernel modules build by + default from v20.02 version. Removed Items ------------- diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt index bc369d06c..53dfe13c3 100644 --- a/meson_options.txt +++ b/meson_options.txt @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ option('drivers_install_subdir', type: 'string', value: 'dpdk/pmds-', description: 'Subdirectory of libdir where to install PMDs. Defaults to using a versioned subdirectory.') option('enable_docs', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'build documentation') -option('enable_kmods', type: 'boolean', value: true, +option('enable_kmods', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'build kernel modules') option('examples', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Comma-separated list of examples to build by default') -- 2.24.1