[Accel-config] Re: [PATCH v1 0/6] Add backward compatibility

[Dave Jiang <dave.jiang at intel.com>]

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On 1/22/2021 10:35 PM, ramesh.thomas(a)intel.com wrote:
> From: Ramesh Thomas <ramesh.thomas(a)intel.com>
>
> This patch set provides backward compatibility for older kernels
> that does not support mdev.
>
> If mdev feature is not available, following actions are taken:
> - The library will disable mdev features and will return -NOENT
> - The mdev commands would print an error message and exit
> - The test program would skip mdev tests
>
> Ramesh Thomas (6):
>    accel-config: Combine symbols in same release into single group
>    accel-config: Allow other functionality if mdev support unavailable
>    accel-config: Add API to check for mdev support availability
>    accel-config: Add check for mdev support availability in commands
>    accel-config: Make idxd_mdev module optional
>    accel-config: Disable mdev operations if mdev support unavailable
>
>   accfg/lib/libaccel-config.sym |  7 ++---
>   accfg/lib/libaccfg.c          | 20 +++++++++++++--
>   accfg/libaccel_config.h       |  1 +
>   accfg/mdev.c                  | 10 ++++++++
>   test/libaccfg.c               | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>   5 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)


Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang(a)intel.com> for the series. Thanks Ramesh