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From: Thomas Graf <tgraf@redhat.com>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [vmxnet3-usermap PATCH 07/16] pkg: add recipe for RPM
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 13:07:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <533BEF8E.1050801@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1559189.Xkxy3b07km@xps13>

On 04/02/2014 12:08 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2014-02-26 14:22, Thomas Graf:
>> On 02/04/2014 04:54 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>>> +BuildRequires: dpdk-core-devel, kernel-devel, kernel-headers
>>> +Requires: dpdk-core-runtime
>>
>> How does the compatibility mapping look like? I assume a given vmxnet3
>> version can only be linked against certain dpdk versions? We need to
>> encode that mapping in the spec file somehow.
>
> Since vmxnet3-usermap-1.1, any dpdk >= 1.3 is supported.
> But RPM packaging is not supported for these old versions.
> So do you think it's needed to encode a restriction for these old versions?

The restriction is only needed if RPM packages for these old versions
actually exist.

On a more general note: While it is extremely nice to have this spec
file to ease the building process. Fedora does not allow inclusion of
external kernel modules:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#No_External_Kernel_Modules

  reply	other threads:[~2014-04-02 11:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-02-04 15:54 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/16] recipes for RPM packages Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-04 15:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/16] tools: rename pci_unbind script Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-24 16:03   ` Chris Wright
2014-03-20 17:06     ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-04 15:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 02/16] virtio: rename library Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-24 16:05   ` Chris Wright
2014-03-20 17:06     ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-04 15:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 03/16] pkg: add recipe for RPM Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-24 16:29   ` Chris Wright
2014-02-24 16:52   ` Chris Wright
2014-04-02  9:01     ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-04-02 11:11       ` Thomas Graf
2014-02-26 13:07   ` Thomas Graf
2014-02-26 16:19     ` Chris Wright
2014-04-02  9:53     ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-04-02 11:04       ` Thomas Graf
2014-04-02 11:29       ` Neil Horman
2014-02-04 15:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [vmxnet3-usermap PATCH 04/16] pmd: add make help Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-24 18:17   ` Chris Wright
2014-03-26 21:59     ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-04 15:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [vmxnet3-usermap PATCH 05/16] pmd: allow to build outside of the source directory Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-24 18:13   ` Chris Wright
2014-03-26 21:59     ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-04 15:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [vmxnet3-usermap PATCH 06/16] pmd: allow to install lib and doc Thomas Monjalon
2014-03-26 22:00   ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-04 15:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [vmxnet3-usermap PATCH 07/16] pkg: add recipe for RPM Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-26 13:22   ` Thomas Graf
2014-04-02 10:08     ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-04-02 11:07       ` Thomas Graf [this message]
2014-02-04 15:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [virtio-net-pmd PATCH 08/16] pmd: fix initialization of Tx queue header Thomas Monjalon
2014-03-27  8:23   ` Olivier MATZ
2014-03-27  9:34     ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-04 15:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [virtio-net-pmd PATCH 09/16] mk: minor fixes Thomas Monjalon
2014-03-27  8:26   ` Olivier MATZ
2014-03-27  9:35     ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-04 15:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [virtio-net-pmd PATCH 10/16] mk: allow to build outside of the source directory Thomas Monjalon
2014-03-27  8:31   ` Olivier MATZ
2014-03-27  9:35     ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-04 15:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [virtio-net-pmd PATCH 11/16] mk: allow to install lib and doc Thomas Monjalon
2014-03-27  8:32   ` Olivier MATZ
2014-03-27  9:35     ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-04 15:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [virtio-net-pmd PATCH 12/16] pkg: add recipe for RPM Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-04 15:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [memnic PATCH 13/16] pmd: rename doc when installing Thomas Monjalon
2014-03-27  8:36   ` Olivier MATZ
2014-03-27 10:29     ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-04 15:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [memnic PATCH 14/16] pmd: fix doc uninstalling Thomas Monjalon
2014-03-27  8:45   ` Olivier MATZ
2014-03-27 10:30     ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-04 15:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [memnic PATCH 15/16] pmd: remove useless makefile variables Thomas Monjalon
2014-03-27  8:45   ` Olivier MATZ
2014-03-27 10:30     ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-02-04 15:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [memnic PATCH 16/16] pkg: add recipe for RPM Thomas Monjalon

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