[dpdk-stable] [PATCH] kni: fix build on RHEL8

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 5/29/2019 10:48 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 27/05/2019 06:02, michael.luo at intel.com:
>> From: Luo Gaoliang <michael.luo at intel.com>
>>
>> Build error was seen on RHEL8 when CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL is enabled.
>>
>> Build error log:
>> /root/kni/dpdk-19.05/kernel/linux/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat.h:3928:25:
>> error: 'const struct net_device_ops' has no member named 'extended'
>>  #define ndo_set_vf_vlan extended.ndo_set_vf_vlan
>>                          ^~~~~~~~
> 
> This module has been removed from DPDK:
> 	http://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/commit/?id=ea6b39b5b84
> 
> Do we want to apply this patch directly in older releases (LTS)?

Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>

stable mail list already in the cc, but

Kevin, Yongsek,
This patch won't be in the master repo, is there anything needs to be done to
include the patch in LTS, or is this mail sufficient?

Thanks,
ferruh