[PATCH v2] kni: remove deprecated kernel network interface

[Thomas Monjalon]

31/07/2023 17:13, Stephen Hemminger:
> On Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:40:35 +0200
> Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
> 
> > 30/07/2023 19:12, Stephen Hemminger:
> > > On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 19:12:05 -0700
> > > Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org> wrote:
> > >   
> > > > Deprecation and removal was announced in 22.11.
> > > > Make it so.  
> > 
> > Would be good to summarize the reason here,
> > and name replacements.
> > 
> > Also it should not be completely removed.
> > I think we were supposed to move KNI into the kmod repository?
> 
> The decision I remember was to remove it completely.
> KNI has several issues which make it unstable and even a potential
> security problem. Moving it doesn't stop usage.

The latest decision I've found was
"remove lib + kmod from main repo for 23.11"
http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2022-June/243596.html

igb_uio was moved in dpdk-kmods/linux
which looks as a cemetery.
Should we make a grave for KNI?