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Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] config: disable all kmods by default from
v20.02
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From: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
Based on the techboard meeting held on 2019-11-06,
It's been decided to disable all kmods by default from v20.02.
http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-November/151763.html
Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
---
v2:
- Updated meson config file to disable the kmods by default(Maxime)
- Updated the release notes(Honnappa)
I am not sure, in which section, we need to update the release notes for
this specific case.I have updated on the "New Features" section.
Thoughts ?
config/common_linux | 2 --
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst | 5 +++++
meson_options.txt | 2 +-
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/config/common_linux b/config/common_linux
index c5cf3d662..583efadc7 100644
--- a/config/common_linux
+++ b/config/common_linux
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUX=y
CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP=y
CONFIG_RTE_EAL_NUMA_AWARE_HUGEPAGES=y
-CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO=y
CONFIG_RTE_EAL_VFIO=y
-CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD=y
CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_KNI=y
CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_KNI=y
CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST=y
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst
index 9cc257168..afd645e7a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ New Features
A new API has been added to wait for a memory location to be updated with a
16-bit, 32-bit, 64-bit value.
+* **Disabled all the Linux kernel modules build by default.**
+
+ In order to remove the build time dependency with Linux kernel,
+ The techboard decided to disable all the kernel modules build by
+ default from v20.02 version.
Removed Items
-------------
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index bc369d06c..53dfe13c3 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ option('drivers_install_subdir', type: 'string', value: 'dpdk/pmds-<VERSION>',
description: 'Subdirectory of libdir where to install PMDs. Defaults to using a versioned subdirectory.')
option('enable_docs', type: 'boolean', value: false,
description: 'build documentation')
-option('enable_kmods', type: 'boolean', value: true,
+option('enable_kmods', type: 'boolean', value: false,
description: 'build kernel modules')
option('examples', type: 'string', value: '',
description: 'Comma-separated list of examples to build by default')
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