[PATCH v5] doc: note KNI alternatives

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at amd.com
Thu Nov 24 18:08:18 CET 2022


On 11/24/2022 4:55 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> 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.

ack, I will use above paragraph



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