[dpdk-dev] [RFC] drivers: advertise kmod dependencies in pmdinfo

Olivier Matz olivier.matz at 6wind.com
Tue Aug 30 10:56:13 CEST 2016


Hi Matej,

On 08/30/2016 10:40 AM, Matej Vido wrote:
> On 26.08.2016 15:20, Olivier Matz wrote:
> 
>> Add a new macro DRIVER_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP() that allows a driver to
>> declare the list of kernel modules required to run properly.
>>
>> Today, most PCI drivers require uio/vfio.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
>> ---
> [..]
>>  
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/szedata2/rte_eth_szedata2.c
>> b/drivers/net/szedata2/rte_eth_szedata2.c
>> index 483d789..409e71f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/szedata2/rte_eth_szedata2.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/szedata2/rte_eth_szedata2.c
>> @@ -1602,3 +1602,5 @@ static struct rte_driver rte_szedata2_driver = {
>>     PMD_REGISTER_DRIVER(rte_szedata2_driver, RTE_SZEDATA2_DRIVER_NAME);
>>   DRIVER_REGISTER_PCI_TABLE(RTE_SZEDATA2_DRIVER_NAME,
>> rte_szedata2_pci_id_table);
>> +DRIVER_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP(RTE_SZEDATA2_DRIVER_NAME,
>> +    "uio,igb_uio:uio,uio_pci_generic:vfio,vfio-pci");
> Hi Olivier,
> 
> szedata2 doesn't require uio/vfio modules. Instead the following lines
> could be used:
> 
> +DRIVER_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP(RTE_SZEDATA2_DRIVER_NAME,
> +    "combo6core,combov3,szedata2,szedata2_cv3");
> 

ok, I will update it for next revision, thanks !

Olivier


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