[PATCH 2/2] known_issues: drop note about UIO with really old kernels

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Mon Jul 17 16:14:50 CEST 2023


On Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 04:59:47PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:45:17 -0800
> Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org> wrote:
> 
> > The DPDK has not supported 3.9 kernel for a long time so the
> > release note about UIO kernel bug in older versions is no
> > longer relevant.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/rel_notes/known_issues.rst | 21 ---------------------
> >  1 file changed, 21 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/known_issues.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/known_issues.rst
> > index 187d9c942e56..56fc38a0edd1 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/known_issues.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/known_issues.rst
> > @@ -415,27 +415,6 @@ Differences in how different Intel NICs handle maximum packet length for jumbo f
> >     Poll Mode Driver (PMD).
> >  
> >  
> > -Binding PCI devices to igb_uio fails on Linux kernel 3.9 when more than one device is used
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -
> > -**Description**:
> > -   A known bug in the UIO driver included in Linux kernel version 3.9 prevents more than one PCI device to be
> > -   bound to the igb_uio driver.
> > -
> > -**Implication**:
> > -   The Poll Mode Driver (PMD) will crash on initialization.
> > -
> > -**Resolution/Workaround**:
> > -   Use earlier or later kernel versions, or apply the following
> > -   `patch  <https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5ed0505c713805f89473cdc0bbfb5110dfd840cb>`_.
> > -
> > -**Affected Environment/Platform**:
> > -   Linux systems with kernel version 3.9
> > -
> > -**Driver/Module**:
> > -   igb_uio module
> > -
> > -
> >  GCC might generate Intel® AVX instructions for processors without Intel® AVX support
> >  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >  
> 
> Could someone review this patch? It been stuck for a long time.

Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>


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