From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 582F0567E for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 11:58:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 27 Aug 2015 02:58:25 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.17,422,1437462000"; d="scan'208";a="776634372" Received: from irsmsx102.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.3.155]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 27 Aug 2015 02:58:24 -0700 Received: from irsmsx108.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.11.12]) by IRSMSX102.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.2.81]) with mapi id 14.03.0224.002; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 10:58:13 +0100 From: "De Lara Guarch, Pablo" To: Thomas Monjalon , Stephen Hemminger Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] BUG - KNI broken in 4.2 kernel Thread-Index: AQHQ4F14omB8EawWnUKYlaJyAKGoE54fdvqAgAAj4aA= Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 09:58:12 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20150826171516.7160bcb2@urahara> <2977472.7tFezkZAUv@xps13> In-Reply-To: <2977472.7tFezkZAUv@xps13> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.181] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] BUG - KNI broken in 4.2 kernel X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 09:58:26 -0000 Hi Thomas, Stephen > -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 9:42 AM > To: Stephen Hemminger > Cc: dev@dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] BUG - KNI broken in 4.2 kernel >=20 > 2015-08-26 17:15, Stephen Hemminger: > > The network device ops handles changed again. > > > > Does KNI really need to keep yet another copy of the Intel driver code. > > There already are 4 versions: > > 1. Out-of tree base driver > > 2. In-kernel mainline Linux driver > > 3. DPDK driver > > 4. KNI DPDK driver >=20 > You forgot the BSD drivers and probably others. >=20 > > No wonder they can't stay in sync. >=20 > A patch to remove igb/ixgbe drivers from KNI would be welcome. I have a patch ready to submit, I was just waiting for the kernel 4.2 to be= released. I will send the patch anyway, as the kernel is almost stable now (RC8),=20 so DPDK will not be broken when kernel is released. Pablo