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From: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] drivers: advertise kmod dependencies in
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Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:36:02 +0100
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Hi Ferruh,

On Thu, 15 Dec 2016 14:52:02 +0000, Ferruh Yigit
<ferruh.yigit@intel.com> wrote:
> Hi Olivier, Thomas,
>=20
> On 12/15/2016 1:46 PM, Olivier Matz wrote:
> > Add a new macro RTE_PMD_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP() that allows a driver to
> > declare the list of kernel modules required to run properly.
> >=20
> > Today, most PCI drivers require uio/vfio.
> >=20
> > Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
> > Acked-by: Fiona Trahe <fiona.trahe@intel.com> =20
>=20
> This patch is for master branch, what do you think targeting it to
> next-net tree?
> So that new PMDs also can be included into patch?

That makes sense, I can rebase on next-net.
Thomas, do you agree?

=46rom what I see, the 2 new PMDs are sfc (uio) and tap (nothing).


Regards,
Olivier