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From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
To: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>,
	Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update uio module status in Linux guide
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 16:11:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200521151107.3730552-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> (raw)

igb_uio kernel module disabled by default starting from v20.02, document
this to prevent confusion.

And add note about long term igb_uio plans/directions to move it to
another repo based on DPDK technical board decision:
http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-November/151763.html

Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
index 238f3e9002..27a55e02a9 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ be loaded as shown below:
     sudo modprobe uio
     sudo insmod kmod/igb_uio.ko
 
+.. note::
+
+   ``igb_uio`` module is disabled by default starting from ``DPDK v20.02``. To build
+   it, the config option ``CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO`` should be enabled.
+   And in long term it is planned to move ``igb_uio`` module to different git repo.
+
 .. note::
 
     For some devices which lack support for legacy interrupts, e.g. virtual function
-- 
2.25.4


             reply	other threads:[~2020-05-21 15:11 UTC|newest]

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