[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] eal: resolve getentropy at run time for random seed

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:33:04 +0100
Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org> wrote:

> > It seems there is a communication issue in this thread.
> > Some maintainers look to be against the solution,
> > and you seem frustrated because of a blocked usage issue.
> > 
> > Please could you explain what is the initial user problem?
> > It seems you want to run a recent DPDK with an old glibc. Am I right?  
> 
> Building DPDK with a recent glibc and then running it with an old
> glibc, to be precise. This model is not supportable.

There has not been any further action on this patchset in years.
And the end of the thread describes how the patch is trying to solve a problem
that DPDK and glibc don't want to support. Marking it as rejected.