[PATCH v12 07/12] net/tap: use libbpf to load new BPF program

[Patrick Robb]

On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 1:49 PM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at amd.com> wrote:
>
> @Patric, I assume test environment also doesn't have 'libbpf', version:
> '>= 1.0' which we need to test this feature.
> Is it possible to update test environment to justify this dependency?
>

Hi, the libbpf version on our Ubuntu 22.04 container images is 0.5.0.
I can check for our baremetal servers also, but I figure they will be
the same.

It sounds like the subsequent conversation is suggesting this upgrade
is not viable anyhow, but to address the question in terms of
Community Lab methodology, yes we are happy to modify our environments
or images in any way if the community wants, but we try to run testing
without upgrading the core packages the distro ships with. I.e. we
would not run testing with CentOS 7 today, as it ships with gcc 4.8.5
(not supported for DPDK), even though technically we could upgrade gcc
to a new version and meet all the DPDK dependencies.

But yes I see Stephen ran from a 24.04 VM and validated the build with
the new libbpf.

By the way, I was wondering recently whether it was appropriate to add
an Ubuntu 24.04 environment to the Community Lab immediately, or if
it's premature in some sense. I don't want to derail this thread with
that question, but if anyone is interested in this coverage going
online, please write to the CI mailing list saying so.