[dpdk-stable] [PATCH 0/2] nfp: support non-root user for the Netronome

[Kevin Traynor]

On 04/30/2018 06:20 PM, Aaron Conole wrote:
> Even when trying to use the Netronome cards via VFIO, there is a
> lock file being requested, which requires root access.  This series
> fixes an issue with the nfp driver lock release always releasing
> 'nfp0' (which isn't a bug in practice for other reasons) as well
> as allowing the lock file location to be configured by the application
> or user via the HOME environment variable (similar to other resources
> in the DPDK framework).
> 
> This series is only applicable to the stable tree because the nfp
> driver is completely rewritten for later versions of DPDK.
> 

Hi Yuanhan, I think we would like to get this into the next 17.11 stable
release if possible. Not sure when you are merging patches into the tree
for it?

Kevin.

> Aaron Conole (2):
>   nfp: unlink the appropriate lock file
>   nfp: allow for non-root user
> 
>  drivers/net/nfp/nfp_nfpu.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>