[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] drivers: fix vfio kmod dependency

[Olivier Matz]

On Sat, 20 May 2017 15:12:37 +0200, David Marchand <david.marchand at 6wind.com> wrote:
> vfio is the kernel framework used by the vfio-pci kernel driver.
> DPDK drivers do not rely solely on vfio, but rather on vfio-pci to gain
> access to pci resources.
> 
> Fixes: 0880c40113ef ("drivers: advertise kmod dependencies in pmdinfo")
> Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at 6wind.com>

Acked-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>

What would be the impact of not having this fix?
I think it would prevent scripts based on pmd modinfo to load the proper
kernel module (vfio-pci). So I'd suggest to CC stable. What do you think?

Regards,
Olivier