Hi Thomas, Stephen > -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 9:42 AM > To: Stephen Hemminger > Cc: dev at dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] BUG - KNI broken in 4.2 kernel > > 2015-08-26 17:15, Stephen Hemminger: > > The network device ops handles changed again. > > > > Does KNI really need to keep yet another copy of the Intel driver code. > > There already are 4 versions: > > 1. Out-of tree base driver > > 2. In-kernel mainline Linux driver > > 3. DPDK driver > > 4. KNI DPDK driver > > You forgot the BSD drivers and probably others. > > > No wonder they can't stay in sync. > > A patch to remove igb/ixgbe drivers from KNI would be welcome.
I have a patch ready to submit, I was just waiting for the kernel 4.2 to be released. I will send the patch anyway, as the kernel is almost stable now (RC8), so DPDK will not be broken when kernel is released. Pablo
