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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] config: disable KNI ethtool by default
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 19:35:23 +0100
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2017-01-17 18:01, Ferruh Yigit:
> KNI ethtool support (KNI control path) is not commonly used,
> and it tends to break the build with new version of the Linux kernel.
> 
> KNI ethtool feature is disabled by default. KNI datapath is not effected
> from this update.
> 
> It is possible to enable feature explicitly with config option:
> "CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL=y"
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>

Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>