From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <dev-bounces@dpdk.org>
Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124])
	by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E951426CE;
	Fri,  6 Oct 2023 11:54:06 +0200 (CEST)
Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE584402A8;
	Fri,  6 Oct 2023 11:54:05 +0200 (CEST)
Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com
 (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124])
 by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D8DF4014F
 for <dev@dpdk.org>; Fri,  6 Oct 2023 11:54:04 +0200 (CEST)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com;
 s=mimecast20190719; t=1696586043;
 h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id:
 to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type:
 content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding:
 in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references;
 bh=fCuAu/Qy4aBJtq/r7bSISDoQH95hMNsNEozTmMXXscE=;
 b=K9bpIrKlY4Kx82QvqGw5PgqCWMPH7UBnpBzzfBaTZxQjlfz/r+M9R0tCIFevfVWhY8H0Mq
 O0397nIsAyqdn01Ted9hDry7kMfm1T9tiCoOT1ft6uxwUwALLBdkqUuwBXCkQJWEHJCHul
 xbX61ya7qkjRdCA15e+TpDS6xJ4RyD8=
Received: from mail-lf1-f69.google.com (mail-lf1-f69.google.com
 [209.85.167.69]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS
 (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id
 us-mta-487-ySkh1m5wN5y2R9irDAUEIA-1; Fri, 06 Oct 2023 05:53:52 -0400
X-MC-Unique: ySkh1m5wN5y2R9irDAUEIA-1
Received: by mail-lf1-f69.google.com with SMTP id
 2adb3069b0e04-50433ca6d81so1867210e87.3
 for <dev@dpdk.org>; Fri, 06 Oct 2023 02:53:52 -0700 (PDT)
X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
 d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1696586031; x=1697190831;
 h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from
 :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc
 :subject:date:message-id:reply-to;
 bh=fCuAu/Qy4aBJtq/r7bSISDoQH95hMNsNEozTmMXXscE=;
 b=puTMECO+MUd+jMR3tsn5SFYuv9Z4MiKSd2Ykg+qbMpZ7lvU3i69hAzsuKrCM/12wxI
 xxzgxNtWCL9uazPHmXbM+cYQUQxndXaI0cIKKqozJD3lFH+Byw7zqEEtFrPx/OUmQIzx
 lgeOb0xzzak8hgZOjWzJmcpb9OoBSYG/5cYos/SF74cuhjLP7/MMf00YlXoKAj2deuE6
 Xl6tpIf2FRHorgwQbLR2LawAGbbAiauyiLv7zTDAr9+MSH1aWB7iaN2f2PQPHYl+AKdj
 nUrjILfpZ3eECf4u1PkNm9j/2g9S8PCqmNkJ3zYgI+mEa5sHigHlRXqrW0sdN2s1tUnB
 yvDQ==
X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YyqFYH6smAYIaOKJpBIX9BjDAngWZTKxH483rsa/kEscIHM7x6r
 sE3ZH0fwCwsGuv24sq3hBM6hw0g3+QtyONXN+kRtcBGPw59cwgWRfGQrefEW6Bq8uzobWXaB/GY
 tbajY24iCE4CjnWWL/dQ=
X-Received: by 2002:ac2:5f0a:0:b0:500:af69:5556 with SMTP id
 10-20020ac25f0a000000b00500af695556mr6315392lfq.29.1696586031219; 
 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 02:53:51 -0700 (PDT)
X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFSn0zlGc/iZkegazxTW0NX+6F5imBB0Ch9dVF3VY0ib6Bv/TmeR51MFYIXJkHGfI2EUp50HK3x5WU3LaLXI0Q=
X-Received: by 2002:ac2:5f0a:0:b0:500:af69:5556 with SMTP id
 10-20020ac25f0a000000b00500af695556mr6315381lfq.29.1696586030870; Fri, 06 Oct
 2023 02:53:50 -0700 (PDT)
MIME-Version: 1.0
References: <20230810131809.493973-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com>
In-Reply-To: <20230810131809.493973-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com>
From: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2023 11:53:39 +0200
Message-ID: <CAJFAV8z_v5rtDcD7ed2Ft0Rxw7qVPcTLYF8yGYPU+51Ms6755A@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] build: deprecate enable_kmods option
To: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, stephen@networkplumber.org
X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0
X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29
Precedence: list
List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions <dev.dpdk.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/options/dev>,
 <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/>
List-Post: <mailto:dev@dpdk.org>
List-Help: <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/listinfo/dev>,
 <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org

On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 3:29=E2=80=AFPM Bruce Richardson
<bruce.richardson@intel.com> 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 <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> Acked-by: Morten Br=C3=B8rup <mb@smartsharesystems.com>
> Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>

Acked-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>

Applied, thanks Bruce.


--=20
David Marchand