[PATCH 2/2] known_issues: drop note about UIO with really old kernels
Thomas Monjalon
thomas at monjalon.net
Mon Nov 27 17:42:20 CET 2023
17/07/2023 16:14, Bruce Richardson:
> On Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 04:59:47PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:45:17 -0800
> > Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org> wrote:
> >
> > > The DPDK has not supported 3.9 kernel for a long time so the
> > > release note about UIO kernel bug in older versions is no
> > > longer relevant.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> > > ---
> > > -Binding PCI devices to igb_uio fails on Linux kernel 3.9 when more than one device is used
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > -
> > > -**Description**:
> > > - A known bug in the UIO driver included in Linux kernel version 3.9 prevents more than one PCI device to be
> > > - bound to the igb_uio driver.
> > > -
> > > -**Implication**:
> > > - The Poll Mode Driver (PMD) will crash on initialization.
> > > -
> > > -**Resolution/Workaround**:
> > > - Use earlier or later kernel versions, or apply the following
> > > - `patch <https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5ed0505c713805f89473cdc0bbfb5110dfd840cb>`_.
> > > -
> > > -**Affected Environment/Platform**:
> > > - Linux systems with kernel version 3.9
> > > -
> > > -**Driver/Module**:
> > > - igb_uio module
> > > -
> > > -
> >
> > Could someone review this patch? It been stuck for a long time.
>
> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
Applied, sorry for having missed it.
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