[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: fix ethtool build with kernel 4.11

Nicolas Dichtel nicolas.dichtel at 6wind.com
Wed May 3 19:06:46 CEST 2017


Le 03/05/2017 à 18:43, Ferruh Yigit a écrit :
> On 5/3/2017 5:39 PM, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
>> Le 03/05/2017 à 18:00, Ferruh Yigit a écrit :
>>> build error:
>>> .../build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/igb_main.c:1034:10:
>>> error: implicit declaration of function ‘pci_enable_msix’
>>> [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>>>     err = pci_enable_msix(pdev,
>>>               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>> This build error observed when CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL config option
>>> enabled.
>>>
>>> Following Linux commit removes the pci_enable_msix()
>>> Linux: 4244de1c64de ("PCI: remove pci_enable_msix")
>>>
>>> Switch to pci_enable_msix_range() for kernel > 4.8 since current Linux
>>> igb driver uses this function.
>> When looking at the kernel patches, it seems that the way to go is to use
>> pci_alloc_irq_vectors(), but it needs a bit more work.
> 
> I remember this from your igb_uio fix, but latest igb kernel driver uses
> pci_enable_msix_range(), I found it easy and safe to replicate it.
Ok.

> 
> We can update it when kernel igb driver updates the code, unless you
> have a strong opinion to switch pci_alloc_irq_vectors() in advance?
No, I don't mind.

Acked-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel at 6wind.com>

Regards,
Nicolas


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