igb_uio kernel module disabled by default starting from v20.02, document this to prevent confusion.
And add note about long term igb_uio plans/directions to move it to another repo based on DPDK technical board decision: http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-November/151763.html Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@intel.com> --- doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst index 238f3e9002..27a55e02a9 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst @@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ be loaded as shown below: sudo modprobe uio sudo insmod kmod/igb_uio.ko +.. note:: + + ``igb_uio`` module is disabled by default starting from ``DPDK v20.02``. To build + it, the config option ``CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO`` should be enabled. + And in long term it is planned to move ``igb_uio`` module to different git repo. + .. note:: For some devices which lack support for legacy interrupts, e.g. virtual function -- 2.25.4
