From patchwork Thu May 21 15:11:06 2020 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Ferruh Yigit X-Patchwork-Id: 70501 X-Patchwork-Delegate: thomas@monjalon.net Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork@inbox.dpdk.org Delivered-To: patchwork@inbox.dpdk.org Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22FEFA00C5; Thu, 21 May 2020 17:11:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F337F1D6F2; Thu, 21 May 2020 17:11:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga17.intel.com (mga17.intel.com [192.55.52.151]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6B201D644 for ; Thu, 21 May 2020 17:11:12 +0200 (CEST) IronPort-SDR: 7rjXSn67e7vEalZfyLjSCPOfk6iEV7ud2P8RJ/JZ4xzdhkKjeMf6cqHhDWtDqPR1CE9wPTz0cC Q+gvshA1mZzg== X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by fmsmga107.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 21 May 2020 08:11:10 -0700 IronPort-SDR: RFMh5qp2fZP8BQ8L3Dp7Z9W0je1ygdGq/ivRf5AZWB9MPGx3oRJfeUmbCx+iHpS6GayteEUYRV 7FE9cT0tZKww== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.73,418,1583222400"; d="scan'208";a="283079085" Received: from silpixa00399752.ir.intel.com (HELO silpixa00399752.ger.corp.intel.com) ([10.237.222.180]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 21 May 2020 08:11:09 -0700 From: Ferruh Yigit To: John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Ferruh Yigit Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 16:11:06 +0100 Message-Id: <20200521151107.3730552-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.25.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update uio module status in Linux guide X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" igb_uio kernel module disabled by default starting from v20.02, document this to prevent confusion. And add note about long term igb_uio plans/directions to move it to another repo based on DPDK technical board decision: http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-November/151763.html Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit --- doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst index 238f3e9002..27a55e02a9 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst @@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ be loaded as shown below: sudo modprobe uio sudo insmod kmod/igb_uio.ko +.. note:: + + ``igb_uio`` module is disabled by default starting from ``DPDK v20.02``. To build + it, the config option ``CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO`` should be enabled. + And in long term it is planned to move ``igb_uio`` module to different git repo. + .. note:: For some devices which lack support for legacy interrupts, e.g. virtual function