From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 871FFA0553; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 17:47:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56DB71DAB4; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 17:47:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9259C1DA9F; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 17:47:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id D49FB21FC3; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:47:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:47:08 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; s=mesmtp; bh=zB33flHsm/VPB3eSdaUOVlD vCY5TcMlusCZdtsWDR/0=; b=IIXffZih78EgEj/wKLut8taMqV4mC+1uorBKRL3 ljzgNjzUb6wfEe4diShTzzOZEYCc7dW89zwRKiluk2+f0Zz9tWAZlOt4GtMh0Eum 6E60biJXL2hcVCA4x9Sd36GJ1FYuMvFcPKn49M0g0aKQ2M3qRnfkWSbSOR0Dy6yF sEqs= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:date:from :message-id:mime-version:subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy :x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; bh=zB33flHsm/VPB3eSd aUOVlDvCY5TcMlusCZdtsWDR/0=; b=W89bPeY784eRoDOE4hiXyLPXTCIrJnws3 qin83C5bxx7ZF117wAQgRQq2fCgFs+yebb1fqRaO/w2JWLJXtzRXKyEWAdvZ43wl Kg1GUeharP2r02l8p4kEjSHrraSb8v5zLXA/DPWqwqL+hksJC1YPmXr1nZIE0QdP KWUOmKBjemvpb8YdICb5IDtXeSaBAC/Oa+i4S5g1KU/b8fFPVA8R3LoHp36Ad7Ot o6nMBJLih1b9nbqarh9go8UW5Uy9SDgcbBi/Fr4OidWVoxnvrRUNnzj+IBNV2xlP EA6kSwDjw90O/EIUtBB3MM8Cr5RSXHOazYT0BQwnk7pOUzd52JUxw== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedugedrjeeigdelgecutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecunecujfgurhephffvufffkffoggfgsedtkeertdertd dtnecuhfhrohhmpefvhhhomhgrshcuofhonhhjrghlohhnuceothhhohhmrghssehmohhn jhgrlhhonhdrnhgvtheqnecukfhppeejjedrudefgedrvddtfedrudekgeenucevlhhush htvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehthhhomhgrshesmhho nhhjrghlohhnrdhnvght X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.monjalon.net (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 360FA328005A; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:47:08 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: techboard@dpdk.org Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 17:46:42 +0100 Message-Id: <20200217164642.1894118-1-thomas@monjalon.net> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.25.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] introduce dpdk-kmods repository 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: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Write first lines of the README file about the intent (upstream first) and the licenses allowed so far in DPDK. Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon --- README | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e71dbba --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +dpdk-kmods can include kernel source code for various operating systems. + +DPDK is focused on userspace libraries, so it is encouraged contributing +and using vanilla kernels as much as possible. +Some kernel modules were historically parts of DPDK, +and are hosted in its directory kernel/. +Now the preference is to contribute kernel modules to the upstream project +if possible, otherwise to host kernel code in dpdk-kmods.git. + +The license can be BSD-3-Clause or GPL-2.0. -- 2.25.0