From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54AE41D8A for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:14:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 12 Sep 2017 01:14:57 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.42,382,1500966000"; d="scan'208";a="134369976" Received: from bricha3-mobl3.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.237.221.24]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with SMTP; 12 Sep 2017 01:14:52 -0700 Received: by (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 12 Sep 2017 09:14:51 +0100 Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 09:14:51 +0100 From: Bruce Richardson To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: Ferruh Yigit , Markus Theil , dev@dpdk.org, nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com Message-ID: <20170912081451.GA40060@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <1503336825-7700-1-git-send-email-markus.theil@tu-ilmenau.de> <1504613046-7259-1-git-send-email-markus.theil@tu-ilmenau.de> <1504613046-7259-3-git-send-email-markus.theil@tu-ilmenau.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: Intel Research and =?iso-8859-1?Q?De=ACvel?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?opment?= Ireland Ltd. User-Agent: Mutt/1.8.3 (2017-05-23) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/6] igb_uio: fix MSI-X IRQ assignment with new IRQ function X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 08:14:58 -0000 On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 03:04:01PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > I wonder if it is time to move the bar forward to oldest LTS which is > 3.2.92 > That seems reasonable. Probably best to do a deprecation notice for it in 17.11 and move the bar in 18.02. /Bruce > > On Sep 11, 2017 10:56 AM, "Ferruh Yigit" wrote: > > > On 9/5/2017 1:04 PM, Markus Theil wrote: > > > The patch which introduced the usage of pci_alloc_irq_vectors > > > came after the patch which switched to non-threaded ISR (f0d1896fa1), > > > but did not use non-threaded ISR, if pci_alloc_irq_vectors > > > is used. > > > > > > Fixes: 99bb58f3adc7 ("igb_uio: switch to new irq function for > > > MSI-X") > > > Cc: nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Markus Theil > > > --- > > > lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c | 1 + > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > > > > > diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c > > b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c > > > index 93bb71d..6885e72 100644 > > > --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c > > > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c > > > @@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ igbuio_pci_enable_interrupts(struct rte_uio_pci_dev > > *udev) > > > #else > > > if (pci_alloc_irq_vectors(udev->pdev, 1, 1, PCI_IRQ_MSIX) > > == 1) { > > > dev_dbg(&udev->pdev->dev, "using MSI-X"); > > > + udev->info.irq_flags = IRQF_NO_THREAD; > > > > IRQF_NO_THREAD seems has been introduced in 2.6.39, so using this flag > > causing build error for kernel versions < 2.6.39. > > > > btw, the flag is already in use, so issue is not related to this patch. > > > > In DPDK documentation supported Linux kernel version is >= 2.6.34 [1]. > > > > We should either increase supported version to 2.6.39, or update igb_uio > > code. > > > > I am for increasing minimum supported kernel version to 2.6.39, any > > objection / comment? > > > > 2.6.39 released on May 2011 > > 2.6.34 released on May 2010 > > > > > > [1] > > http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.html#system-software > > > > > udev->info.irq = pci_irq_vector(udev->pdev, 0); > > > udev->mode = RTE_INTR_MODE_MSIX; > > > break; > > > > > > >