From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ferruh Yigit Subject: [PATCH] doc: document KNI limitation in release notes Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 17:09:40 +0000 Message-ID: <20181105170940.70602-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Ferruh Yigit , Thomas Monjalon To: John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic Return-path: Received: from mga17.intel.com (mga17.intel.com [192.55.52.151]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89F8E4CBD for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2018 18:09:46 +0100 (CET) List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Commit a9460a0b2efb ("kni: fix build on Linux 4.19") disables some ethtool commands because they are removed in newer (4.19) kernels. This patch documents removed functionality. Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst index 27b67e0fd..6ce276b22 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst @@ -377,6 +377,12 @@ API Changes * eventdev: Type of 2nd parameter to ``rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_caps_get()`` has been changed from uint8_t to uint16_t. +* KNI, when ethtool support enabled (``CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL=y``) + ethtool commands ``ETHTOOL_GSET & ETHTOOL_SSET`` are no more supported for the + kernels that has ``ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS & ETHTOOL_SLINKSETTINGS`` support. + This means ``ethtool "-a|--show-pause", "-s|--change"`` won't work, and + ``ethtool `` output will have less information. + ABI Changes ----------- -- 2.17.2