Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: fix build with Linux 3.17

["Zhang, Helin" <helin.zhang@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Aaro Koskinen
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 8:45 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: fix build with Linux 3.17
> 
> In the series of ever-lasting ugly #ifdefs trying make out-of-tree drivers to
> support latest mainline kernel...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@nsn.com>
> ---
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> index 1c085d9..ba77776 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> @@ -345,6 +345,9 @@ kni_ioctl_create(unsigned int ioctl_num, unsigned long
> ioctl_param)
>  	up_read(&kni_list_lock);
> 
>  	net_dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct kni_dev), dev_info.name,
> +#ifdef NET_NAME_UNKNOWN
> +							NET_NAME_UNKNOWN,
> +#endif
>  							kni_net_init);
>  	if (net_dev == NULL) {
>  		KNI_ERR("error allocating device \"%s\"\n", dev_info.name);
> --
> 2.0.0

Will this interface be changed from kernel version 3.17?
Would it be better to add kernel version check here instead?

Regards,
Helin