From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nbfkord-smmo01.seg.att.com (nbfkord-smmo01.seg.att.com [209.65.160.76]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B0FD10C07 for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2016 12:40:18 +0100 (CET) Received: from unknown [193.34.186.16] (EHLO webmail.solarflare.com) by nbfkord-smmo01.seg.att.com(mxl_mta-7.2.4-7) with ESMTP id 22a6a585.2b9fb9a28940.1390520.00-2482.2888140.nbfkord-smmo01.seg.att.com (envelope-from ); Wed, 21 Dec 2016 11:40:18 +0000 (UTC) X-MXL-Hash: 585a6a227053f130-c514cee3ce562a272d186de5533eb2976dd6a872 Received: from unknown [193.34.186.16] (EHLO webmail.solarflare.com) by nbfkord-smmo01.seg.att.com(mxl_mta-7.2.4-7) over TLS secured channel with ESMTP id e1a6a585.0.1390514.00-2372.2888128.nbfkord-smmo01.seg.att.com (envelope-from ); Wed, 21 Dec 2016 11:40:17 +0000 (UTC) X-MXL-Hash: 585a6a214b2e0bed-69668a884fa1a97bc5dbad50698c9a48512a320c Received: from [192.168.38.17] (84.52.89.52) by ukex01.SolarFlarecom.com (10.17.10.4) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1044.25; Wed, 21 Dec 2016 11:40:07 +0000 To: Neil Horman References: <1479808257-8725-1-git-send-email-olivier.matz@6wind.com> <1481809599-27896-1-git-send-email-olivier.matz@6wind.com> <20161216082332.GB10340@6wind.com> <2489002.JyIsi2jNCp@xps13> <96cb80d2-d0ff-b233-3e0a-226f0ec6109a@solarflare.com> <20161221113702.GA23197@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> CC: Thomas Monjalon , Olivier Matz , Adrien Mazarguil , , , , From: Andrew Rybchenko Message-ID: <5c8a65d6-79a8-fbbe-29d6-bee5c08be17b@solarflare.com> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:40:04 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20161221113702.GA23197@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> X-Originating-IP: [84.52.89.52] X-ClientProxiedBy: ocex03.SolarFlarecom.com (10.20.40.36) To ukex01.SolarFlarecom.com (10.17.10.4) X-TM-AS-Product-Ver: SMEX-11.0.0.1191-8.000.1202-22774.003 X-TM-AS-Result: No--8.558000-0.000000-31 X-TM-AS-User-Approved-Sender: Yes X-TM-AS-User-Blocked-Sender: No X-AnalysisOut: [v=2.1 cv=I8xjMYUg c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=8P+NB+fYZDP74ap4g4d9Kw==] X-AnalysisOut: [:17 a=RB3BGLmKESwA:10 a=n5n_aSjo0skA:10 a=4YC7WVefAAAA:8 a] X-AnalysisOut: [=QyXUC8HyAAAA:8 a=VBkrklrxbxvo3pNIlWQA:9 a=pILNOxqGKmIA:10] X-AnalysisOut: [ a=L097otyBAAAA:8 a=P3HSgRzhE-mQcDoqkAUA:9 a=_67KoVsrNbqIB] X-AnalysisOut: [jQB:21 a=_W_S_7VecoQA:10 a=tPzOKt3quolVTVSLigK1:22 a=avl4L] X-AnalysisOut: [iGQNoF5OB0DmCJ7:22 a=QKvJjGkDXDuVZG7Z-trN:22] X-Spam: [F=0.2000000000; CM=0.500; S=0.200(2015072901)] X-MAIL-FROM: X-SOURCE-IP: [193.34.186.16] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.15 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] drivers: advertise kmod dependencies in pmdinfo 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: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 11:40:18 -0000 On 12/21/2016 02:37 PM, Neil Horman wrote: > On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 12:21:14PM +0300, Andrew Rybchenko wrote: >> On 12/20/2016 08:26 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: >>>>> Add a new macro RTE_PMD_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP() that allows a driver to >>>>> declare the list of kernel modules required to run properly. >>>>> >>>>> Today, most PCI drivers require uio/vfio. >>>>> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz >>>>> Acked-by: Fiona Trahe >>>> Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil >>> Applied in main tree, thanks >> Is there any plan on how it will be done/solved for a new drivers in >> dpdk-next-net? >> Should I care about it for sfc? >> > Given that all pmdinfo information is opt-in (that is to say not obligatory), > you can now wait until net-next does its next rebase, and as you continue your > development of the sfc driver, you can add the use of this macro in at your > leisure. As more people do that, we will arrive at 100% coverage I see. Will do. Thanks. Andrew. > Neil > >> Andrew. >> >>