[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] net/tap: remove Linux version check

[Ferruh Yigit]

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> On 07/17/2017 11:00 AM, Raslan Darawsheh wrote:
>> Remove checks of Linux kernel version
>> in order to support kernel with backported features.
>>
>> the expected behavior with a kernel that doesn't support flower
>> and other bits is the following:
>>          -flow validate can return successfully
>>          -flow create using the same rule fails.
>>
>> Using the "remote" feature without kernel flower does not fail silently.
>> The TAP instance is not initialized if the requested parameters cannot
>> be satisfied.
>>
>> it has been tested on an old kernel without required support:
>>
>> PMD: Kernel refused TC filter rule creation (2): No such file or directory
>> PMD: tap0 failed to create implicit rules.
>> PMD: Can't set up remote feature: No such file of directory(2)
>> PMD: TAP Unable to initialize net_tap0
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland at mellanox.com>

> Acked-by: Pascal Mazon <pascal.mazon at 6wind.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.