From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: stephen@networkplumber.org,
Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] drivers: always enable the null net driver [RFC]
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:23:53 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260122122354.1820368-4-bruce.richardson@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260122122354.1820368-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Having the net_null driver always available can be convenient and allows
use by unit tests, so add this trivial driver to the always-enable list.
Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
---
I'm not sure if we want this to be always enabled or not, so sending
this as an RFC. I can see definite advantages to doing so, but I also
dislike having too many components on the always-enable list.
Since I'm ambivilent myself, including this patch so the community can
decide.
---
drivers/meson.build | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/meson.build b/drivers/meson.build
index 3fe3be48fb..9ed0dba786 100644
--- a/drivers/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/meson.build
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ endif
always_enable = ['bus/pci', 'bus/vdev']
# we always need a mempool driver, and ring is default, so make it mandatory
always_enable += ['mempool/ring']
+# unit tests take advantage of net/null driver, so always enable it
+always_enable += ['net/null']
enable_drivers += always_enable
default_cflags = machine_args
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-22 12:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-22 12:23 [PATCH 0/3] manage net/null dependency for tests Bruce Richardson
2026-01-22 12:23 ` [PATCH 1/3] test/bpf: skip some testing if null net driver not present Bruce Richardson
2026-01-22 16:19 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-22 16:23 ` Bruce Richardson
2026-01-22 22:17 ` [PATCH] test/bpf: skip the BPF ELF load tests if net null missing Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-23 7:55 ` Morten Brørup
2026-02-16 14:58 ` David Marchand
2026-01-22 12:23 ` [PATCH 2/3] test: fix missing dependency on null networking driver Bruce Richardson
2026-01-22 12:23 ` Bruce Richardson [this message]
2026-01-22 13:13 ` [PATCH 3/3] drivers: always enable the null net driver [RFC] Morten Brørup
2026-01-22 13:31 ` Bruce Richardson
2026-01-22 13:40 ` Morten Brørup
2026-01-22 14:59 ` Bruce Richardson
2026-01-22 16:09 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-22 13:47 ` David Marchand
2026-01-22 14:57 ` Bruce Richardson
2026-01-22 15:37 ` Morten Brørup
2026-02-19 17:39 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] improve net/null dependency handling for tests Bruce Richardson
2026-02-19 17:39 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] test/event_eth_rx_adapter: skip tests if no ethdevs Bruce Richardson
2026-02-19 17:39 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] test/event_eth_tx_adapter: remove dependency on NULL PMD Bruce Richardson
2026-02-19 17:39 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] test: fix missing dependency on null networking driver Bruce Richardson
2026-02-19 17:39 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] build/tests: add warning for missing NULL PMD dependency Bruce Richardson
2026-02-19 19:44 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] improve net/null dependency handling for tests Morten Brørup
2026-03-03 16:29 ` David Marchand
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