[dpdk-dev] What to do about UIO breakage in 2.0

[Qiu, Michael]

On 4/28/2015 6:06 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> I raised the issue, but people seem to be ignoring that fact that igb_uio
> was broken by the introduction of UIO PCI generic in 2.0.

What do you mean about igb_uio broken?

Thanks,
Michael
>
> There are three options:
>  1. Remove IGB_UIO only use UIO PCI generic.
>     Downside there is no MSI-X support for UIO PCI generic.
>  2. Revert UIO PCI generic support
>  3. Replace both of the above with something better.
>
> I am working on #3 but it will not be ready for 2.0.1 and there
> is no solution for users of 2.0 and any future stable code.
>