[PATCH] net/mana: fix dependencies

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 10/9/2022 3:03 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> Long,
> 
> For the reasons below, we should not have merged the MANA PMD in DPDK 22.11.
> We must not assume dependencies until they are upstream.
> This is a red flag on the PMD, a revert is possible.
> 

I missed that dependencies are not ready :(

What do you think to update the MAINTAINERS file like following until 
all dependencies met:

  -Microsoft mana
  +Microsoft mana - EXPERIMENTAL

perhaps add similar not to 'doc/guides/nics/mana.rst' to highlight the same?

They can be updated back in the future when dependencies met.

> Jason,
> 
> Please could you tell us what is the expected date of release
> of the MANA support in Linux and rdma-core?
> 
> 
> 09/10/2022 15:53, Thomas Monjalon:
> [...]
>> The libibverbs was not detected through pkg-config.
>> The method dependency() needs to be used first.
>>
>> The support in rdma-core and Linux is not released yet,
>> so the documentation is updated.
> 
> [...]
>> -  The minimum required version of rdma-core with libmana is v43.
>> +
>> +  The support of MANA is not merged in rdma-core 42.
>>   
>>   - **Kernel modules**
>>   
>> @@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ and must be installed separately:
>>     - mana_ib: InifiniBand device driver.
>>     - ib_uverbs: user space driver for verbs (entry point for libibverbs).
>>   
>> +  The support of MANA is planned in Linux 6.2.
> 
> 
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