[PATCH v2 0/2] build: add backward compatibility for nested drivers

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Wed Sep 24 15:06:51 CEST 2025


On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 01:34:20PM +0100, Kevin Traynor wrote:
> Since Intel drivers moved from 'net/*' to 'net/intel/*' there are some
> changes required when enabling or disabling those drivers from the meson
> command line. e.g. 'net/ixgbe' no longer works and needs to be replaced
> by 'net/intel/ixgbe'
> 
> These patches are to allow backwards compatibility for legacy driver names
> and wildcarding of nested drivers e.g. 'net/ixgbe' and 'net/*'
> 
> v2:
> 1/2
> - removed deprecation warning
> - simplified loop and updated comments
> - added Fixes tag
> 2/2
> - Updated list-dir-globs.py to allow recursive wildcards
> - simplified to use '**'
> - added Fixes tag
> 
> Kevin Traynor (2):
>   build: add backward compatibility for nested drivers
>   build: add backward compatibility for wildcarding nested drivers
> 
>  buildtools/list-dir-globs.py |  2 +-
>  drivers/meson.build          | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
Series-acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>



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