From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F04D710D31 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2016 13:07:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from orsmga005.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.41]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Dec 2016 04:07:46 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.33,388,1477983600"; d="scan'208";a="45408324" Received: from fyigit-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.237.220.29]) ([10.237.220.29]) by orsmga005.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Dec 2016 04:07:44 -0800 To: Andrew Rybchenko , 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> <5c8a65d6-79a8-fbbe-29d6-bee5c08be17b@solarflare.com> Cc: Thomas Monjalon , Olivier Matz , Adrien Mazarguil , dev@dpdk.org, vido@cesnet.cz, fiona.trahe@intel.com, stephen@networkplumber.org From: Ferruh Yigit Message-ID: <6abf05af-a834-d9b6-ea67-9e2d250539fe@intel.com> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 12:07:44 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 12:07:48 -0000 On 12/22/2016 11:35 AM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote: > On 12/22/2016 02:04 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote: >> On 12/21/2016 11:40 AM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote: >>> 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. >>> >> Hi Andrew, >> >> Patch rebased to next-net, would you mind doing the mentioned patch for it? > > Hi Ferruh, > > done. I was in doubts which changeset to specify in fixes, but finally > chosen the latest from mine and Olivier's. Please, correct me, if it is > wrong. I think no fixes line required here, this patch is not fixing a defect, but adding a new support for a pmdinfo tool. I can remove fixes line while applying. Thanks, ferruh > > Andrew. >