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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 12:21:14 +0300
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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?

Andrew.