[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/2] compatibility fallback and replacement of kernel function invoking

[Jincheng Miao]

The related kernel function is:
- pci_num_vf, it is introduced from upstream linux-2.6.34. For RHEL6's kernel,
it is defined from RHEL6.0.

- 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.

v2:
Merge these two patch in one patchset.
Compatible with old kernel for kstrtoul.
Compatible with RHEL6 for pci_num_vf.

Jincheng Miao (2):
  igb_uio: compatible with upstream longterm kernel and RHEL6
  eal: replace strict_strtoul with kstrtoul

 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/compat.h        |   12 +++++++++++-
 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c       |    4 ++--
 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_vhost.c         |    2 +-
 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/dom0_mm_misc.c |    2 +-
 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)