Re: [V2] drivers/net: reorder Intel drivers list in meson script

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 05:27:07PM +0100, Thierry Herbelot wrote:
> After an upstream patch (see Fixes), net_ixgbe_vf is no longer
> declared in testpmd PMD info, when compiling under Redhat-9:
> 
> > $ meson setup build && ninja -C build
> > $ ./usertools/dpdk-pmdinfo.py build/app/dpdk-testpmd|grep ixgbe
> >     "name": "net_ixgbe",
> 
> Name 'net_ixgbe_vf' should also be reported.
> 
> One workaround is to move 'intel/ixgbe' as last in the list of Intel
> drivers. This restores net_ixgbe_vf under Redhat-9:
> 
> > $ meson setup build && ninja -C build
> > $ ./usertools/dpdk-pmdinfo.py build/app/dpdk-testpmd|grep ixgbe
> >     "name": "net_ixgbe_vf",
> >     "name": "net_ixgbe",
> 
> Fixes: 04f1b16c54f3 ("drivers: merge common and net idpf drivers")
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@6wind.com>
> ---
> V2: use shorter lines in commit log.
> ---
>  drivers/net/meson.build | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/meson.build b/drivers/net/meson.build
> index c7dae4ad273c..8d96244cdbb0 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/meson.build
> +++ b/drivers/net/meson.build
> @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ drivers = [
>          'intel/ice',
>          'intel/idpf',
>          'intel/ipn3ke',
> -        'intel/ixgbe',
>          'intel/cpfl',  # depends on idpf, so must come after it
> +        'intel/ixgbe',
>          'ionic',
>          'mana',
>          'memif',

This is a strange one - did you do any investgation into why or how this
fixes things? You describe it as a workaround so any hints towards a proper
root cause and fix are welcome :-)