From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 553D44302B; Thu, 10 Aug 2023 17:03:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DECC340DFB; Thu, 10 Aug 2023 17:03:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-pl1-f176.google.com (mail-pl1-f176.google.com [209.85.214.176]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0983640691 for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2023 17:03:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pl1-f176.google.com with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-1bbf8cb61aeso7676615ad.2 for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2023 08:03:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20221208.gappssmtp.com; s=20221208; t=1691679795; x=1692284595; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=lZNSAUbGNshexESTU5ukRdkAR2cEp+tqF31FQ4efyoE=; b=oHFg9WrJao/ekKtLXJGIt9WI6tS33SpY9/p5dcfcOYy8M6XpXkPifSJAEpqbcD1XYf n4dL6BzUv278u6Rf56xEmOZ6h00VcHiouNDaLX/t982JI9WF2CR4EZlWYAPqD7d0jnOO 71kiYVo6rU7fac3o2aV3XrZveIZft/l/8YuV5ULwQUUbPX+ikTcoJk/GpTNYkmROzTlT 40mpi8k4Qstw9o8GaXUE/hRh4ZzE1S3SCrBdSh6hFbWUks1GpLnuzIRAsnsCFGgCi/7w 7KCeAKoradPZnkCiGEr0KpyBCDep5FgkrKyI93eJKUAVY8/G9zNKvFrAdhMcUvLa/Yc9 YTGg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1691679795; x=1692284595; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=lZNSAUbGNshexESTU5ukRdkAR2cEp+tqF31FQ4efyoE=; b=k9o6tKrTtA5MdIlTvgva+OUUeEHxDhKzcNaelM9HFBGFdmj+niRlg9Yh6xLf9pNCyH AHKh9/xUxEoMOi8f4gcClT50BGGqAk+lRU1XiAJr2DDCF50ZoZATt36HGmzq0S47FLk9 g6jqE2Vq0wo1igZTaurfa3FMXft8lpbBi1/VX3ilsEPN3nVpSOnBaY68cJ9pedV8kNqG bxVxZ/zVYGyrBTwUmSRa72BjHvrObNTfL5bzLX2WrEOui8di5p05DD02iFuOc2C3rHya b7ccvORZlz4bxL6U+romU5yVwsbm73t43SgLlG/rjqjHlx0Hvp6kywHAYRlyFQKexcRh eDYw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwnwaXA/qM7eVbcnynXZ7Pz8a1cdXf2naNsgRrDMTTVgBk5RCys QnoMRQTZYJDgSrqxVJCVbMXN8A== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFfmzmM6vCCeTducbSgEyfmR+l2kWL4KrUQYJKgJ6GnGJdTK9+dSk671iUidx0TCvbVJdUdVg== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:f54e:b0:1b9:ea60:cd91 with SMTP id h14-20020a170902f54e00b001b9ea60cd91mr2680930plf.7.1691679794668; Thu, 10 Aug 2023 08:03:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-127-207.wavecable.com. [204.195.127.207]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id y7-20020a170902700700b001b8ad8382a4sm1859761plk.216.2023.08.10.08.03.14 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 10 Aug 2023 08:03:14 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 08:03:12 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Bruce Richardson Cc: dev@dpdk.org, david.marchand@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] build: deprecate enable_kmods option Message-ID: <20230810080312.1efd2d3c@hermes.local> In-Reply-To: <20230810131809.493973-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> References: <20230810131809.493973-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:18:09 +0100 Bruce Richardson wrote: > With the removal of the kni kernel driver, there are no longer any > Linux kernel modules in our repository, leaving only modules for FreeBSD > present. Since: > > * BSD has no issues with out-of-tree modules and > * There are no in-tree equivalents for those modules in BSD > > there is no point in building for BSD without those modules. > > Therefore, we can remove the enable_kmods option, always building the > kmods for BSD. > > We can also remove the infrastructure for Linux kmods too, since use of > out-of-tree modules for Linux is not something the DPDK project wants to > pursue in future. > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger