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From: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] drivers: advertise kmod dependencies in
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Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:40:04 +0300
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On 12/21/2016 02:37 PM, Neil Horman wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 12:21:14PM +0300, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
>> On 12/20/2016 08:26 PM, Thomas Monjalon 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> Today, most PCI drivers require uio/vfio.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
>>>>> Acked-by: Fiona Trahe <fiona.trahe@intel.com>
>>>> Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
>>> Applied in main tree, thanks
>> Is there any plan on how it will be done/solved for a new drivers in
>> dpdk-next-net?
>> Should I care about it for sfc?
>>
> Given that all pmdinfo information is opt-in (that is to say not obligatory),
> you can now wait until net-next does its next rebase, and as you continue your
> development of the sfc driver, you can add the use of this macro in at your
> leisure.  As more people do that, we will arrive at 100% coverage

I see. Will do. Thanks.

Andrew.

> Neil
>
>> Andrew.
>>
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