From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f47.google.com (mail-wm0-f47.google.com [74.125.82.47]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B52F72B88 for ; Mon, 22 May 2017 10:26:07 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wm0-f47.google.com with SMTP id b84so290023207wmh.0 for ; Mon, 22 May 2017 01:26:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=UqLvlYznZXo2Ti5mRLZt7icm3aPQ24hhosvTaeh/6t4=; b=E6//YF8eLM7YEhc9R9/+dcnvRNACdnmR0oQrpfJC/277y5AjfYBMewawzcHnySBQEH RwnffX0SwhtHPfQ7oW9zVzNB+UTvXZdAWdp7TzyeLXIeotFLRxdU8UJNo05QpAgXN0WK RD9ybAfG9wIlznDwPMfpf6dTDa6KGZz5PerDtctaDfPQLwUttNaBK642feXiWnm5aJgj rO1+QUslABJdgcfHR1I7ELGBF3K8yN0IYZHfa0Btgyoa1qpY2ezvNm83VUag01OQv2bT vk9Tnd4XhzNgnyT263KbDPyepiHGnVmuzOrbL2yBnbdYZlhjwrxAjUgPY2M+E+Rsh+UX iHFA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=UqLvlYznZXo2Ti5mRLZt7icm3aPQ24hhosvTaeh/6t4=; b=g8RRbmQ+WirkmzJ5GONwrnIcZhrObYDXR8/h1vpbXlTpRHFjtWA53O31Abzk9R6ru5 Ztsf/Z2NkQolGM81wkkvGkfMeU+3pozBAbdfYCfCfr/M2hAyIS5SLGHy9mb67oZ5SbjJ xMDB19vMeItCCFnxnwVHXC1DeErEwx8mnyfDR79HfslEjoHEFlsiZVvwg6L2qEF2jnRm 3JpCYPT8IHxxQzioSBq005S58ZyVayDWC5i+otbHQ/LjOfmBhHVTNKv/q6fuOQHCryXS rC3PkTuATTnP3sL8IT5L/QAS/SYEglR9edLKUVuvmE9d0XZWLuPnU4Bqnhm0oytXCHmb VYcw== X-Gm-Message-State: AODbwcDc6uMZ1o3daKVZMKVxiJTlxOU97Q0auh6p/qwD/GXaTzMKF+Tt b1LMTQ2FMNspUcm9IO3K6vVdqAdO3yPQ X-Received: by 10.223.131.196 with SMTP id 62mr12827573wre.162.1495441567506; Mon, 22 May 2017 01:26:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.28.109.199 with HTTP; Mon, 22 May 2017 01:25:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20170522101825.7c4b99b6@platinum> References: <1495285957-22307-1-git-send-email-david.marchand@6wind.com> <20170522101825.7c4b99b6@platinum> From: David Marchand Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 10:25:46 +0200 Message-ID: To: Olivier Matz Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" , Ferruh Yigit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] drivers: fix vfio kmod dependency 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: Mon, 22 May 2017 08:26:07 -0000 On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Olivier Matz wrote: > On Sat, 20 May 2017 15:12:37 +0200, David Marchand wrote: >> vfio is the kernel framework used by the vfio-pci kernel driver. >> DPDK drivers do not rely solely on vfio, but rather on vfio-pci to gain >> access to pci resources. >> >> Fixes: 0880c40113ef ("drivers: advertise kmod dependencies in pmdinfo") >> Signed-off-by: David Marchand > > Acked-by: Olivier Matz > > What would be the impact of not having this fix? Mainly reporting an incomplete information on the PMD needs. > I think it would prevent scripts based on pmd modinfo to load the proper > kernel module (vfio-pci). So I'd suggest to CC stable. What do you think? Yes, CCing stable sounds sane to me. -- David Marchand