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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] drivers: advertise kmod dependencies in
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On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com> wrote:
> Add a new macro DRIVER_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 <olivier.matz@6wind.com>

Thanks Olivier, this looks good to me.

Btw, I remember some issues with binding ixgbevf devices to
uio_pci_generic, so advertising should be carefully checked for each
driver.
Could drivers maintainers have a look at this ?


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David Marchand