From: "Xia, Chenbo" <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
To: "Burakov, Anatoly" <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/4] vfio: drop fallback Linux implementation
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 06:27:10 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <SN6PR11MB3504739E5895052A11B37E039C8A9@SN6PR11MB3504.namprd11.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b2382197250fe4a359a7eb2e7e4c1d12cd959500.1635430513.git.anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
Hi Anatoly,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Anatoly Burakov
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021 10:15 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/4] vfio: drop fallback Linux implementation
>
> Currently, VFIO support for Linux is compiled unconditionally, and
> supported kernel versions start with 4.4, so VFIO is assumed to always
> be enabled. There is no way of disabling VFIO support at compile time
> anyway, so just drop the "VFIO not available" fallback code altogether.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
> ---
> lib/eal/linux/eal_vfio.c | 110 ---------------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 110 deletions(-)
>
If we make the 'kernel >= 4.4' assumption, should other 'VFIO_PRESENT' in eal
and drivers be deleted as well? It seems strange to me as eal_vfio already
assumes it supports vfio but drivers and other eal components still have the
check.
Thanks,
Chenbo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-01 6:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-16 10:36 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 1/2] vfio: make API return values consistent Anatoly Burakov
2021-09-16 10:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 2/2] vfio: add errno on unsupported platforms Anatoly Burakov
2021-09-16 10:39 ` Bruce Richardson
2021-09-22 3:31 ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-09-22 3:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 1/2] vfio: make API return values consistent Xia, Chenbo
2021-09-22 9:26 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-09-22 11:30 ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-10-28 8:21 ` David Marchand
2021-10-28 10:29 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2021-10-28 11:11 ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-10-28 11:32 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-28 13:00 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2021-10-28 14:53 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-28 15:40 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2021-10-28 16:38 ` Stephen Hemminger
2021-10-28 13:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/4] vfio: drop fallback Linux implementation Anatoly Burakov
2021-10-28 13:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/4] vfio: fix wrong return value for FreeBSD Anatoly Burakov
2021-10-28 13:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/4] vfio: fix documentation to match intended behavior Anatoly Burakov
2021-10-28 13:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/4] vfio: add errno on unsupported platforms Anatoly Burakov
2021-10-28 14:13 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2021-10-28 14:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/4] vfio: drop fallback Linux implementation Anatoly Burakov
2021-10-28 14:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/4] vfio: fix wrong return value for FreeBSD Anatoly Burakov
2021-11-05 2:50 ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-10-28 14:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/4] vfio: fix documentation to match intended behavior Anatoly Burakov
2021-11-05 2:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] " Xia, Chenbo
2021-10-28 14:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/4] vfio: add errno on unsupported platforms Anatoly Burakov
2021-11-08 15:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] " David Marchand
2021-11-01 6:27 ` Xia, Chenbo [this message]
2021-11-01 13:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/4] vfio: drop fallback Linux implementation Burakov, Anatoly
2021-11-05 2:48 ` Xia, Chenbo
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