From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by dpdk.space (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DEE9A045E for ; Wed, 29 May 2019 23:44:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE1CD2E8F; Wed, 29 May 2019 23:44:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from wout4-smtp.messagingengine.com (wout4-smtp.messagingengine.com [64.147.123.20]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A46422C55 for ; Wed, 29 May 2019 23:44:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64179548; Wed, 29 May 2019 17:44:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 29 May 2019 17:44:29 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=mesmtp; bh=szBOJywRzIWMHXgOWtYQMm3SESdXH7jnYYraJUbUn/Y=; b=L8Jbo8LIk9NO 0S2veKs80dZ0r10boDvr9rU1PYmPwJOTaf+2EERhnKaJ1tH4djhTGvTgLJTkMq1N o2WjpwwU6D1YryY8y/t17yrb4ruWjptaoyzKpgx0hD6eWLanr6J2LF8ePpkNlgXu MUIh0rgV39HQr63dJTeO8h0JItDlcB4= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; bh=szBOJywRzIWMHXgOWtYQMm3SESdXH7jnYYraJUbUn /Y=; b=jEaUQ0bRwXMOrQsNEyWKkmxkO+IHXurCfQZ4cmx2l2dC7iiH7Yo+pj7bZ AcjRalAACD+jgC+FEILYZ8gFlQmuqToNWDS9OHMUAkJc22aBsOZwnrA+rdjdeV2Z /vJQnMMDHyKqq626keT6bUWW2QjwCEkW5dPGGhKz5xx3wy3WEOQ06jufl5j53CZb HR0YKJI7g0nNsI/wmj7GaEPe9nn4Ts+fPrr4blMSgOgetDfIbJOs6y4+okHvXI8t XlMEwxmC4hPjHo0gkZEaa/wk5jS0EyePhkT8OEjibdX+9ebrkZv4BBGzeDt5jeB/ +d5DfYB5TMvLI4HIU9lns/n1S2mHQ== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduuddruddvkedgtdduucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhephffvufffkfgjfhgggfgtsehtufertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpefvhhhomhgr shcuofhonhhjrghlohhnuceothhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvtheqnecukf hppeelfedriedrudegledruddugeenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepthhhohhm rghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvthenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedt X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (114.149.6.93.rev.sfr.net [93.6.149.114]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 0914B80059; Wed, 29 May 2019 17:44:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Ferruh Yigit Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Neil Horman , John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic , Stephen Hemminger , Igor Ryzhov Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 23:44:25 +0200 Message-ID: <2719530.Jpxyzbm4cj@xps> In-Reply-To: <20190524192748.GA16369@hmswarspite.think-freely.org> References: <20190524162923.6318-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> <20190524165521.9726-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> <20190524192748.GA16369@hmswarspite.think-freely.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] kni: remove ethtool support 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" 24/05/2019 21:27, Neil Horman: > On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 05:55:20PM +0100, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > > Current design requires kernel drivers and they need to be probed by > > Linux up to some level so that they can be usable by DPDK for ethtool > > support, this requires maintaining the Linux drivers in DPDK. > > > > Also ethtool support is limited and hard, if not impossible, to expand > > to other PMDs. > > > > Since KNI ethtool support is not used commonly, if not used at all, > > removing the support for the sake of simplicity and maintenance. > > > > Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit > > Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger > Acked-by: Neil Horman Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon Applied, thanks, that's a very big cleanup! 67 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 64154 deletions(-)