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Subject: RE: [PATCH] build: deprecate enable_kmods option
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> From: Bruce Richardson [mailto:bruce.richardson@intel.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 10 August 2023 15.18
>=20
> With the removal of the kni kernel driver, there are no longer any
> Linux kernel modules in our repository, leaving only modules for =
FreeBSD
> present. Since:
>=20
> * BSD has no issues with out-of-tree modules and
> * There are no in-tree equivalents for those modules in BSD
>=20
> there is no point in building for BSD without those modules.
>=20
> Therefore, we can remove the enable_kmods option, always building the
> kmods for BSD.
>=20
> We can also remove the infrastructure for Linux kmods too, since use =
of
> out-of-tree modules for Linux is not something the DPDK project wants =
to
> pursue in future.
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> ---

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