[dpdk-stable] [PATCH 0/2] nfp: support non-root user for the Netronome
Luca Boccassi
bluca at debian.org
Thu May 3 12:30:08 CEST 2018
On Tue, 2018-05-01 at 11:36 +0100, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> On Mon, 2018-04-30 at 13:20 -0400, 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.
> >
> > 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(-)
>
> Series applied to 18.02, thanks.
I just noticed this is not in dpdk/master yet, is it scheduled for a
later release?
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Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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