From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Cc: <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] known_issues: drop note about UIO with really old kernels
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 15:14:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZLVM2toZhes4gaOO@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230703165947.607ef914@hermes.local>
On Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 04:59:47PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:45:17 -0800
> Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> wrote:
>
> > The DPDK has not supported 3.9 kernel for a long time so the
> > release note about UIO kernel bug in older versions is no
> > longer relevant.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> > ---
> > doc/guides/rel_notes/known_issues.rst | 21 ---------------------
> > 1 file changed, 21 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/known_issues.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/known_issues.rst
> > index 187d9c942e56..56fc38a0edd1 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/known_issues.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/known_issues.rst
> > @@ -415,27 +415,6 @@ Differences in how different Intel NICs handle maximum packet length for jumbo f
> > Poll Mode Driver (PMD).
> >
> >
> > -Binding PCI devices to igb_uio fails on Linux kernel 3.9 when more than one device is used
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -
> > -**Description**:
> > - A known bug in the UIO driver included in Linux kernel version 3.9 prevents more than one PCI device to be
> > - bound to the igb_uio driver.
> > -
> > -**Implication**:
> > - The Poll Mode Driver (PMD) will crash on initialization.
> > -
> > -**Resolution/Workaround**:
> > - Use earlier or later kernel versions, or apply the following
> > - `patch <https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5ed0505c713805f89473cdc0bbfb5110dfd840cb>`_.
> > -
> > -**Affected Environment/Platform**:
> > - Linux systems with kernel version 3.9
> > -
> > -**Driver/Module**:
> > - igb_uio module
> > -
> > -
> > GCC might generate Intel® AVX instructions for processors without Intel® AVX support
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
>
> Could someone review this patch? It been stuck for a long time.
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-17 14:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-02-17 16:45 [PATCH 0/2] update DPDK Linux kernel version Stephen Hemminger
2022-02-17 16:45 ` [PATCH 1/2] doc: update required kernel version to 4.9 Stephen Hemminger
2022-05-26 18:23 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-08-02 15:35 ` [RFC] doc: update required kernel version to 4.14 Stephen Hemminger
2022-08-02 16:28 ` Morten Brørup
2022-10-31 15:31 ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-02-17 16:45 ` [PATCH 2/2] known_issues: drop note about UIO with really old kernels Stephen Hemminger
2023-07-03 23:59 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-07-17 14:14 ` Bruce Richardson [this message]
2023-11-27 16:42 ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-02-17 16:53 ` [PATCH 0/2] update DPDK Linux kernel version Bruce Richardson
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