[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] kernel: remove igb_uio

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 9/12/2020 9:55 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 11/09/2020 18:22, Ferruh Yigit:
>> On 9/11/2020 4:54 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>>> As decided in the Technical Board in November 2019,
>>> the kernel module igb_uio is moved to the dpdk-kmods repository
>>> in the /linux/igb_uio/ directory.
>>>
>>> Minutes of Technical Board meeting:
>>> https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-November/151763.html
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
>>> ---
>>> v2: update few docs (including release notes)
>>
>> <...>
>>
>>> @@ -292,7 +292,6 @@ F: doc/guides/linux_gsg/
>>>  
>>>  Linux UIO
>>>  M: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
>>> -F: kernel/linux/igb_uio/
>>>  F: drivers/bus/pci/linux/*uio*
>>>
>>
>> We are loosing maintainer information for the kernel module, same concern for
>> other kernel modules in the 'dpdk-kmods' repo.
> 
> There is not even contribution guidelines, mailing-list etc.
> 
>> One option is 'dpdk-kmods' repo can have it's maintainers file, but I believe
>> better to have single maintainer file, and cover the maintainer and location
>> information in this file.
> 
> I think the contribution infos (including maintainers contact)
> should be inside the repo dpdk-kmods.
> 
>> <...>
>>> +which can be found in the repository ``dpdk-kmods``.
>>
>> There is no information where 'dpdk-kmods' repo is. It can be good to have it as
>> link.
> 
> The real URL would be the git ones:
> 	git://dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods
> 	http://dpdk.org/git/dpdk-kmods
> but the most convenient (for clicking) should be the cgit one:
> 	http://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/
> or directly the sub-directory in cgit:
> 	http://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/tree/linux/igb_uio
> Note that this last one does not show the git URLs for cloning.
> 
> Which one do you prefer?
> 
> 

+1 that "http://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/" is more convenient for
documentation. People can figure out the git repo address from there.