2016-02-15 13:56, Panu Matilainen: > On 02/15/2016 12:15 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 2016-02-15 10:29, Panu Matilainen: > >> On 02/14/2016 01:38 AM, Matthew Hall wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I found a peculiarity in the vm_power_manager example on DPDK 2.2 if you > >>> use an installed copy of DPDK to compile the examples instead of the > >>> master copy (while trying to update some outdated stuff in my build > >>> system). > > [...] > >>> Did anybody run into this before? > >> > >> Yes, the problem exists at least since DPDK 2.1 but somehow never > >> remembered to report / do something about it. > >> > >> Basically either vm_power_manager example is messing with things its not > >> supposed to, or librte_power library isn't exporting everything needed > >> to fully use the it. Unfortunately both the library and the example are > >> lacking a maintainer :-/ > > > > Exact, you got the point. > > I suggest to disable this feature in your config. > > I take it you mean disabling librte_power entirely, not just the example?
Yes > > If it's really annoying, you are allowed to request the removal of the code. > > I believe someone would maintain it if he has an interest. > > I can certainly submit a patch to disable it by default in the configs > (seems reasonable unmaintained code would default to off) and add a > deprecation note along the lines of "if no maintainer steps up, this > code will be removed in 16.07" if you like :) Before sending such notice, we should wait for comments of some known contributors to librte_power. Alan, Pablo, what is your opinion?
