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

[David Marchand]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com> 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>

Thanks Olivier, this looks good to me.

Btw, I remember some issues with binding ixgbevf devices to
uio_pci_generic, so advertising should be carefully checked for each
driver.
Could drivers maintainers have a look at this ?


-- 
David Marchand