[dpdk-dev] [prefix=DPDK_KMODS v6 2/2] linux/igb_uio: add Makefile to build the igb_uio module

[Thomas Monjalon]

29/10/2020 21:10, Hariprasad Govindharajan:
> With DPDK 20.11 release, the igb_uio module is no more part of DPDK.
> There are use cases where this module is required, for example while
> testing the virtual ports in OvS, the virtual ports are bound to
> igb_uio module inside a VM. So, this patch provides a Makefile
> which can be used to build this module and use as needed.

Please don't justify the use of igb_uio here.
(and I think it's wrong, you can always use VFIO except on very old kernels)

> Since there is no more dependency on DPDK headers, this module can be
> built simply by running make in the source dir

No need to talk about the old dependency here.