From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> Received: from mga07.intel.com (mga07.intel.com [134.134.136.100]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B58710D1C for <dev@dpdk.org>; Thu, 22 Dec 2016 12:04:15 +0100 (CET) Received: from orsmga003.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.27]) by orsmga105.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Dec 2016 03:04:14 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.33,388,1477983600"; d="scan'208";a="915132133" Received: from fyigit-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.237.220.29]) ([10.237.220.29]) by orsmga003.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Dec 2016 03:04:12 -0800 To: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>, Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> References: <1479808257-8725-1-git-send-email-olivier.matz@6wind.com> <1481809599-27896-1-git-send-email-olivier.matz@6wind.com> <20161216082332.GB10340@6wind.com> <2489002.JyIsi2jNCp@xps13> <96cb80d2-d0ff-b233-3e0a-226f0ec6109a@solarflare.com> <20161221113702.GA23197@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> <5c8a65d6-79a8-fbbe-29d6-bee5c08be17b@solarflare.com> Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>, Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>, Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>, dev@dpdk.org, vido@cesnet.cz, fiona.trahe@intel.com, stephen@networkplumber.org From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> Message-ID: <c5ac148d-258e-2845-37b0-15621c6b8b41@intel.com> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 11:04:11 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5c8a65d6-79a8-fbbe-29d6-bee5c08be17b@solarflare.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] drivers: advertise kmod dependencies in pmdinfo X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions <dev.dpdk.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://dpdk.org/ml/options/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/> List-Post: <mailto:dev@dpdk.org> List-Help: <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://dpdk.org/ml/listinfo/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 11:04:15 -0000 On 12/21/2016 11:40 AM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote: > On 12/21/2016 02:37 PM, Neil Horman wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 12:21:14PM +0300, Andrew Rybchenko wrote: >>> On 12/20/2016 08:26 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: >>>>>> Add a new macro RTE_PMD_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> >>>>>> Acked-by: Fiona Trahe <fiona.trahe@intel.com> >>>>> Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com> >>>> Applied in main tree, thanks >>> Is there any plan on how it will be done/solved for a new drivers in >>> dpdk-next-net? >>> Should I care about it for sfc? >>> >> Given that all pmdinfo information is opt-in (that is to say not obligatory), >> you can now wait until net-next does its next rebase, and as you continue your >> development of the sfc driver, you can add the use of this macro in at your >> leisure. As more people do that, we will arrive at 100% coverage > > I see. Will do. Thanks. > Hi Andrew, Patch rebased to next-net, would you mind doing the mentioned patch for it? Thanks, ferruh