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

[Alejandro Lucero]

This fixes can not be applied to master because that code was changed and
it is not there anymore.

So it these fixes are going to be applied just to stable versions.

On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 11:30 AM, Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org> wrote:

> 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?
>
> --
> Kind regards,
> Luca Boccassi
>