Hi Pablo,

2015-03-12 17:24, Pablo de Lara:
> Due to API changes in functions ndo_dflt_bridge_getlink
> and igb_ndo_fdb_add in kernel 3.19, DPDK would not build.

Please provide the Linux commit id for this change.

> This patch solves the problem, by checking the kernel version
> and adding the necessary new parameters
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>
> ---
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_main.c |    7 +++++++
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat.h  |    3 +++
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_main.c 
> b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_main.c
> index a802a02..24b147d 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_main.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_main.c
> @@ -2103,6 +2103,9 @@ static int igb_set_features(struct net_device *netdev,
>  static int igb_ndo_fdb_add(struct ndmsg *ndm, struct nlattr *tb[],
>                          struct net_device *dev,
>                          const unsigned char *addr,
> +#ifdef HAVE_NDO_FDB_ADD_VID
> +                        u16 vid,
> +#endif
>                          u16 flags)
>  #else

You should explain in commit message why the change is not needed in #else
(!USE_CONST_DEV_UC_CHAR for version < 3.7).

>  static int igb_ndo_fdb_add(struct ndmsg *ndm,
> @@ -2259,7 +2262,11 @@ static int igb_ndo_bridge_getlink(struct sk_buff *skb, 
> u32 pid, u32 seq,
>       else
>               mode = BRIDGE_MODE_VEPA;
>  
> +#ifdef HAVE_NDO_FDB_ADD_VID
> +     return ndo_dflt_bridge_getlink(skb, pid, seq, dev, mode, 0, 0);
> +#else
>       return ndo_dflt_bridge_getlink(skb, pid, seq, dev, mode);
> +#endif /* HAVE_NDO_FDB_ADD_VID */
>  }
>  #endif /* HAVE_BRIDGE_ATTRIBS */
>  #endif /* NTF_SELF */
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat.h 
> b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat.h
> index 1213cc6..5c799e9 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat.h
> @@ -3881,4 +3881,7 @@ skb_set_hash(struct sk_buff *skb, __u32 hash, 
> __always_unused int type)
>  #define HAVE_VF_MIN_MAX_TXRATE 1
>  #endif /* >= 3.16.0 */
>  
> +#if ( LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,19,0) )
> +#define HAVE_NDO_FDB_ADD_VID
> +#endif /* >= 3.19.0 */
>  #endif /* _KCOMPAT_H_ */

A blank line is missing here.
Are you sure there is no macro defined in the Linux changes which could be
checked instead of version number? I dislike version checks because of
backport problems.

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