From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ig0-f177.google.com (mail-ig0-f177.google.com [209.85.213.177]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6428A12A8 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2015 16:17:09 +0100 (CET) Received: by igl9 with SMTP id 9so89642779igl.0 for ; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 07:17:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=canonical-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=qckkQJYxiMTZg72d6vpgGaZowhnCYt9CcldvP/bUzn4=; b=I5X3rB4UZl63WOIeFxIorN/OjAihnDZiwANd0SYVM1ydaaMHNKfDYe6degTyOw/mkV HrZ6oovWMIjCWWLZVKO9BO6Uc3bNEqPvKqNfU4nJmYBT05thel4d/w2Yhca6OuGdNowm VvSSb7FYmPkbsdqht/u6Agnj50c1jVeO1HXDkGAEsRDty+iBBwfXgPukCId00CFshGNT MCXMxxDsXNVN4Y/40vNI3YjARH7wByQe3eeDDemOQ42Oprn/os6BCKhn0qVBPaqhTD/c t2yJcs8FQxm6q1oAdHn89SlMcGjHmFmP+V1KmsaH71g3QJA3UeYkwD5ZNc7Jw5tTayOG 8saw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=qckkQJYxiMTZg72d6vpgGaZowhnCYt9CcldvP/bUzn4=; b=k5hxRBDGZjB6PdG/y09MTmax92iCxJuJ9WDS9eKcvMqnxClkywg2l/isLWGcW4fQBb 1jvtTAYdK5dd0iQdgzcWZomNT+w66PAy8voNVKSweJAqMJ7io1YJv3epX1idudbDo9Xz udyisR4gPyL2mthNB8dVonFVVBExqb0WY1tCyYu5OYIxQGJifoAds/kVBMFbPVBOQLu2 Aedi/PI5oWlHDTdV9IgXSbqR2fUeuCsFsg8xfO27+nJpaMgyIXjKAFzyezZmnSRWQZm6 8BM/7J1miJhLiAL8J4Q14l0KWzBH+Ka9L0RzbZ1aAgtjXfsi1zYXYG80apvL+yfTDLj7 w0fQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkGhd2KPtA5PAZT7LJL+V8+/GY4PCB7xCg7cL9E47wWlE/P0A1u2qB/yQukXPIg+74cBsAu X-Received: by 10.50.79.230 with SMTP id m6mr27007796igx.6.1448983028663; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 07:17:08 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.20.131 with HTTP; Tue, 1 Dec 2015 07:16:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <565DB580.9090209@redhat.com> References: <26FA93C7ED1EAA44AB77D62FBE1D27BA674705F1@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> <20151130171655.70e4ce25@xeon-e3> <20151201100333.GA32252@bricha3-MOBL3> <565DAE6E.5040102@redhat.com> <565DB356.9060602@6wind.com> <565DB580.9090209@redhat.com> From: Christian Ehrhardt Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 16:16:49 +0100 Message-ID: To: Panu Matilainen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] 2.3 Roadmap X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2015 15:17:09 -0000 On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Panu Matilainen wrote: > On 12/01/2015 04:48 PM, Vincent JARDIN wrote: >> >> On 01/12/2015 15:27, Panu Matilainen wrote: >>> >>> The problem with that (unless I'm missing something here) is that KNI >>> requires using out-of-tree kernel modules which makes it pretty much a >>> non-option for distros. >> >> >> It works fine with some distros. I do not think it should be an argument. > > > Its not a question of *working*, its that out-of-tree kernel modules are > considered unsupportable by the kernel people. So relying on KNI would make > the otherwise important and desirable tcpdump feature non-existent on at > least Fedora and RHEL where such modules are practically outright banned by > distro policies. > > - Panu - +1 to that argument from an Ubuntu Point-of-View Christian Ehrhardt Software Engineer, Ubuntu Server Canonical Ltd