[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] drivers: advertise kmod dependencies in pmdinfo

[Olivier Matz]

Hi,

On 09/19/2016 10:17 AM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 04:26:35PM +0200, David Marchand wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com> wrote:
>>> Add a new macro DRIVER_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP() that allows a driver to
>>> declare the list of kernel modules required to run properly.
>>>
>>> Today, most PCI drivers require uio/vfio.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
>>
>> Thanks Olivier, this looks good to me.
>>
>> Btw, I remember some issues with binding ixgbevf devices to
>> uio_pci_generic, so advertising should be carefully checked for each
>> driver.
> 
> +1 here. In general, uio_pci_generic will not bind to VF devices as VF devices
> don't provide legacy interrupts, which is required to use uio_pci_generic. It's
> not limited to just ixgbevf

Thanks for commenting, I'll remove uio_pci_generic from *vf drivers in
next version.

Olivier