From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: "Habibi, Michael" <michael.f.habibi@hp.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>, Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] irq_to_desc undefined when compiling igb_uio
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 15:32:08 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140826153208.290ee639@urahara> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <845ED019F5932D4E8BED0A693FDBF6E72442E9B8@G4W3304.americas.hpqcorp.net>
On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 21:43:15 +0000
"Habibi, Michael" <michael.f.habibi@hp.com> wrote:
> I agree the kernel is old but it's what we're stuck with at the moment. It
> appears that at least some thought went into this, as the code in question
> is actually compatibility code added for older kernel versions such as mine:
>
> #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 37)
> /* Compatability wrapper for new kernel API for IRQ */
> #define irq_data irq_desc
> #define irq_get_irq_data(irq) irq_to_desc(irq)
> #define irq_data_get_msi(data) get_irq_desc_msi(data)
> #endif
>
> I may just export the symbol for now. Unfortunately I'm not familiar enough
> with this area of the code, but if I end up tackling this I'll see if I can
> submit a patch if it hasn't been fixed by then.
>
> Thanks.
>
> P.S. Aaro sorry for the duplicate email. I resent this without my digital signature so it would get through the mailing list.
I did build test against stock 2.6.32 from upstream.
Not going to deal with all the vendor kernel issues.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-26 22:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-26 20:55 Habibi, Michael
2014-08-26 21:32 ` Aaro Koskinen
2014-08-26 21:43 ` Habibi, Michael
2014-08-26 22:32 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
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