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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 1/2] config/armv8a: disable igb_uio
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 16:28:30 +0200
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2016-05-13 18:41, Santosh Shukla:
> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 02:50:48PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 2016-05-11 19:17, Hemant Agrawal:
> > > IGB_UIO not supported for arm64 arch in kernel so disable.
> > 
> > If I understand well, a patch is needed in the kernel to make
> > igb_uio works? Please confirm.
> >
> 
> Yes. User need this [1] out-of-tree patch for igb_uio.
> 
> [1] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2015-July/359435.html
> 
> > In that case, yes, the default configuration should be to disable
> > igb_uio.
> > Please note it's just a default to make it work in most common cases.
> > And yes, the default should focus on recent kernels and future directions.
> > 
> > > +CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO=n

Series applied, thanks