[PATCH v5] doc: note KNI alternatives

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Thu Nov 24 17:55:25 CET 2022


On Thu, 24 Nov 2022 11:40:40 +0000
Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at amd.com> wrote:

> +* It is out-of-tree Linux kernel module and it can't be distributed as binary as
> +  part of operating system vendor DPDK packages. This makes it harder to
> +  consume, although it is always possible to compile it from the source code.

To be precise, there is no legal restriction here. Maybe something that describes
why the process is awkward.

* It is out-of-tree Linux kernel module which makes updating and distributing the
  driver more difficult. Most users end up building the KNI driver from source
  which requires the packages and tools to build kernel modules.


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