[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/4] compatibility fallback and replacement of kernel function invoking

[Jincheng Miao]

Forget to add 'v3' in header.

@helin, thanks for your review.

On 12/10/2014 11:32 AM, Jincheng Miao wrote:
> The related kernel function is:
> - pci_num_vf, it is introduced from upstream linux-2.6.34. For RHEL-based
> kernel, it is defined from RHEL5.9.
>
> - kstrtoul, this function is united kernel API to replace strict_strtoul in
> the furture. It is introduced from linux-2.6.39. For RHEL6, it is defined
> from RHEL6.4.
>
> This patchset do some compatiblity work for these two functions, and
> replace strict_strtoul which is depleted from linux-3.18.
>
> v3:
>    Adjust pci_num_vf() introduced RHEL version number.
>    Seperate "replace strict_strtoul with kstrtoul" into 3 patches for igb_uio,
> kni, and xen_dom0. Add compat.h in kni and xen_dom0 for compatible with
> older kernels.
>
> v2:
>    Merge these two patch in one patchset.
>    Compatible with old kernel for kstrtoul.
>    Compatible with RHEL6 for pci_num_vf.
>
> Jincheng Miao (4):
>    igb_uio: compatible with upstream longterm kernel and RHEL
>    igb_uio: replace strict_strtoul with kstrtoul
>    kni: replace strict_strtoul with kstrtoul
>    xen_dom0: replace strict_strtoul with kstrtoul
>
>   lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/compat.h        |   11 ++++++++++-
>   lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c       |    4 ++--
>   lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/compat.h            |   16 ++++++++++++++++
>   lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_vhost.c         |    2 +-
>   lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/compat.h       |   16 ++++++++++++++++
>   lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/dom0_mm_misc.c |    2 +-
>   6 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/compat.h
>   create mode 100644 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/compat.h
>