Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] kni: fix build on RHEL8

[Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>]

On 04/06/2019 16:00, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 5/29/2019 10:48 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>> 27/05/2019 06:02, michael.luo@intel.com:
>>> From: Luo Gaoliang <michael.luo@intel.com>
>>>
>>> Build error was seen on RHEL8 when CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL is enabled.
>>>
>>> Build error log:
>>> /root/kni/dpdk-19.05/kernel/linux/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat.h:3928:25:
>>> error: 'const struct net_device_ops' has no member named 'extended'
>>>  #define ndo_set_vf_vlan extended.ndo_set_vf_vlan
>>>                          ^~~~~~~~
>>
>> This module has been removed from DPDK:
>> 	http://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/commit/?id=ea6b39b5b84
>>
>> Do we want to apply this patch directly in older releases (LTS)?
> 
> Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> 
> stable mail list already in the cc, but
> 
> Kevin, Yongsek,
> This patch won't be in the master repo, is there anything needs to be done to
> include the patch in LTS, or is this mail sufficient?
> 

Hi Ferruh, this mail is enough, will note it.

thanks,
Kevin.

> Thanks,
> ferruh
>