[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] kernel: remove igb_uio

[Maxime Coquelin]

On 10/5/20 10:57 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 24/09/2020 07:41, Stephen Hemminger:
>> On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 17:54:48 +0200
>> Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> As decided in the Technical Board in November 2019,
>>> the kernel module igb_uio is moved to the dpdk-kmods repository
>>> in the /linux/igb_uio/ directory.
>>>
>>> Minutes of Technical Board meeting:
>>> https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-November/151763.html
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
>>> ---
>>> v2: update few docs (including release notes)
>>
>> Good so far:
>> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
>>
>> You may want to address all the references to igb_uio in guides/nics
>>
>> ark.rst
>> axgbe.rst
>> bnx2x.rst
>> bnxt.rst
>> build_and_test.rst
>> ena.rst
>> enic.rst
>> features.rst
>> hns3.rst
>> i40e.rst
>> intel_vf.rst
>> ixgbe.rst
>> liquidio.rst
>> mlx4.rst
>> mlx5.rst
>> nfp.rst
>> qede.rst
>> virtio.rst
> 
> igb_uio is still available.
> A next step in deprecation might be to remove igb_uio references.
> 
>> What about drivers like ark which don't mention vfio?
> 
> They should be updated by their maintainer.
> 
>> Does virtio still require igb_uio? or x86 I/O port for doorbell?
>> Or is this just stale language.
> 
> Maxime, any update on the use of igb_uio with virtio?

For sure Virtio don't require igb_uio, I always use vfio myself.
It seems the doc needs an update, I'll try to look at it later in this
release.

Regards,
Maxime