[dpdk-dev] [PATCHv3 1/2] config/armv8a: disable igb_uio

[Santosh Shukla]

On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 02:50:48PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2016-05-11 19:17, Hemant Agrawal:
> > IGB_UIO not supported for arm64 arch in kernel so disable.
> 
> If I understand well, a patch is needed in the kernel to make
> igb_uio works? Please confirm.
>

Yes. User need this [1] out-of-tree patch for igb_uio.

[1] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2015-July/359435.html

> In that case, yes, the default configuration should be to disable
> igb_uio.
> Please note it's just a default to make it work in most common cases.
> And yes, the default should focus on recent kernels and future directions.
> 
> > +CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO=n
>