[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] drivers: advertise kmod dependencies in pmdinfo

2016-09-19 Thread Olivier Matz
Hi, On 09/19/2016 10:17 AM, Bruce Richardson wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 04:26:35PM +0200, David Marchand wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Olivier Matz >> wrote: >>> Add a new macro DRIVER_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP() that allows a driver to >>> declare the list of kernel modules required

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] drivers: advertise kmod dependencies in pmdinfo

2016-09-19 Thread Bruce Richardson
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 04:26:35PM +0200, David Marchand wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Olivier Matz > wrote: > > Add a new macro DRIVER_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP() that allows a driver to > > declare the list of kernel modules required to run properly. > > > > Today, most PCI drivers require

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] drivers: advertise kmod dependencies in pmdinfo

2016-09-16 Thread David Marchand
On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Olivier Matz wrote: > Add a new macro DRIVER_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 Thanks Olivier, this looks good t

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] drivers: advertise kmod dependencies in pmdinfo

2016-09-16 Thread Trahe, Fiona
Hi Oliver, > -Original Message- > From: Olivier Matz [mailto:olivier.matz at 6wind.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 3:23 PM > To: dev at dpdk.org; nhorman at tuxdriver.com > Cc: thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com; vido at cesnet.cz; Trahe, Fiona > ; stephen at networkplumber.org > Subje

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] drivers: advertise kmod dependencies in pmdinfo

2016-09-15 Thread Olivier Matz
Add a new macro DRIVER_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 --- rfc -> v1: - the kmod information can be per-device using a modalias-like pattern - change