[dpdk-dev] [vmxnet3-usermap PATCH 07/16] pkg: add recipe for RPM

[Thomas Graf]

On 04/02/2014 12:08 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2014-02-26 14:22, Thomas Graf:
>> On 02/04/2014 04:54 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>>> +BuildRequires: dpdk-core-devel, kernel-devel, kernel-headers
>>> +Requires: dpdk-core-runtime
>>
>> How does the compatibility mapping look like? I assume a given vmxnet3
>> version can only be linked against certain dpdk versions? We need to
>> encode that mapping in the spec file somehow.
>
> Since vmxnet3-usermap-1.1, any dpdk >= 1.3 is supported.
> But RPM packaging is not supported for these old versions.
> So do you think it's needed to encode a restriction for these old versions?

The restriction is only needed if RPM packages for these old versions
actually exist.

On a more general note: While it is extremely nice to have this spec
file to ease the building process. Fedora does not allow inclusion of
external kernel modules:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#No_External_Kernel_Modules