[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] config: disable all kmods by default from v20.02

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 12 Dec 2019 18:43:02 +0530
<jerinj at marvell.com> wrote:

> From: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
> 
> Based on the techboard meeting held on 2019-11-06,
> It's been decided to disable all kmods by default from v20.02.
> 
> http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-November/151763.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
> ---
>  config/common_linux | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/config/common_linux b/config/common_linux
> index c5cf3d662..583efadc7 100644
> --- a/config/common_linux
> +++ b/config/common_linux
> @@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUX=y
>  CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP=y
>  
>  CONFIG_RTE_EAL_NUMA_AWARE_HUGEPAGES=y
> -CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO=y
>  CONFIG_RTE_EAL_VFIO=y
> -CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD=y
>  CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_KNI=y
>  CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_KNI=y
>  CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST=y

On a related topic. All the documented examples should be changed to use vfio.
Everyone just cut and paste from the documentation and expects igb_uio.