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From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
To: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>,
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Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
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Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update uio module status in Linux guide
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igb_uio kernel module disabled by default starting from v20.02, document
this to prevent confusion.
And add note about long term igb_uio plans/directions to move it to
another repo based on DPDK technical board decision:
http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-November/151763.html
Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
index 238f3e9002..27a55e02a9 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ be loaded as shown below:
sudo modprobe uio
sudo insmod kmod/igb_uio.ko
+.. note::
+
+ ``igb_uio`` module is disabled by default starting from ``DPDK v20.02``. To build
+ it, the config option ``CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO`` should be enabled.
+ And in long term it is planned to move ``igb_uio`` module to different git repo.
+
.. note::
For some devices which lack support for legacy interrupts, e.g. virtual function
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