From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C42C942FA5; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:35:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DFA340A89; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:35:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from wout3-smtp.messagingengine.com (wout3-smtp.messagingengine.com [64.147.123.19]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA7374067B for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:35:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.internal [10.202.2.47]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11EE4320091A; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:35:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute6.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:35:18 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm3; t= 1690817716; x=1690904116; bh=5rMjwnFt0NDLbpE57UttM2FMTXKiOYIv/ZH vIDE/f/8=; b=0Sx+JKafODiAoUEfytUG4LcE1kUHwQJgcPE8bKC6z9uVUUfuG9e 3GwUn/McNmpLYIOKX5Gq3pUO+eiuLh7MQgXtwuEWwc4g9qKTt2o6vzgYZc4gY1j/ Cy6pWxKeppb0FvSRLtXL8ERfKlruy13xkCT37e79nm9UTLdjffi17ZTyposyX+Zg BkIQcHROWyQOdL9Ue+JoyztCAic+8la+rBeW+kO7fdiYj4F/JM/SGHEy/tXdIy2c kM1otOBWd04c9q0CTVXF9C4sXErs4JP0k1pUYF0Qkw7brtq4nntUhA2ubntXgW2+ HrDc5mcJBC/VKw3mMiyZ8lmiS9JWh/LKmLw== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id :from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; t= 1690817716; x=1690904116; bh=5rMjwnFt0NDLbpE57UttM2FMTXKiOYIv/ZH vIDE/f/8=; b=WJJ3G2pA1lzjs7Ax/Dv91ktFVOQmOwEicFbuxtthrkrXVanJC6b 0s1I7MssJ4+aXGoVp3rRvCvCjz+XkbjfMhkj1k1LN0Knyn1iAuGSRZR/K2B9nmZ5 iH4farMQpm7XBx0yjag/YFK6lrDHvTF3yVIv2IZgsVz5BbzbJXRqR/hOQL2dm+Vu uDnaeWjJhlyxi+A//19ABVM/pAsZ4xlYHsb845h5y62Ga9hGV3VbiekTvi8TrjtZ RVA9ns34PnvB4fJ/L4XznmmC7EVF7QA5h6ARWokW6QqWo8fGqDjhjednnfPKEDkf mpz5rdK8Qe/wKqxs3a+p987LIl3QEduAYow== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedviedrjeeggdeiiecutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenuc fjughrpefhvfevufffkfgjfhgggfgtsehtufertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpefvhhhomhgr shcuofhonhhjrghlohhnuceothhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvtheqnecugg ftrfgrthhtvghrnhepjeejffffgfffkeefffelgfekleetjeffleeludeghfehleffteeh veduffdugfdvnecuffhomhgrihhnpeguphgukhdrohhrghenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiii gvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhn rdhnvght X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i47234305:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:35:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Maxime Coquelin , Chenbo Xia , Anatoly Burakov , Cristian Dumitrescu , Nithin Dabilpuram , Kiran Kumar K , Sunil Kumar Kori , Satha Rao , Bruce Richardson , david.marchand@redhat.com, ferruh.yigit@amd.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kni: remove deprecated kernel network interface Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:35:12 +0200 Message-ID: <5792075.zQ0Gbyo6oJ@thomas> In-Reply-To: <20230731081345.4d7c8b66@hermes.local> References: <20230729225438.122954-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <2655909.KRxA6XjA2N@thomas> <20230731081345.4d7c8b66@hermes.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org 31/07/2023 17:13, Stephen Hemminger: > On Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:40:35 +0200 > Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > 30/07/2023 19:12, Stephen Hemminger: > > > On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 19:12:05 -0700 > > > Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > > > > > Deprecation and removal was announced in 22.11. > > > > Make it so. > > > > Would be good to summarize the reason here, > > and name replacements. > > > > Also it should not be completely removed. > > I think we were supposed to move KNI into the kmod repository? > > The decision I remember was to remove it completely. > KNI has several issues which make it unstable and even a potential > security problem. Moving it doesn't stop usage. The latest decision I've found was "remove lib + kmod from main repo for 23.11" http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2022-June/243596.html igb_uio was moved in dpdk-kmods/linux which looks as a cemetery. Should we make a grave for KNI?