On 1/17/2017 5:00 PM, Wu, Jingjing wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Yigit, Ferruh >> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 4:31 AM >> To: Guo, Jia <jia....@intel.com>; Zhang, Helin <helin.zh...@intel.com>; Wu, >> Jingjing <jingjing...@intel.com> >> Cc: dev@dpdk.org >> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: add known uio_pci_generic issue >> for i40e >> >> On 2/12/2016 4:39 PM, Jeff Guo wrote: >>> From: "Guo, Jia" <jia....@intel.com> >>> >>> When bind with uio_pci_generic in X710/XL710/XXV710, the result is >>> failed. uio_pci_generic is not supported by X710/XL710/XXV710. >> >> Hi Jeff, >> >> There is a Linux commit causing the issue, right. Commit done because of the >> reasons mentioned in "Description". Do you think does it make sense to note >> that Linux commit, and Linux kernel version that has been introduced? >> > Hi, Ferruh > At beginning, we found this issue in latest kernel version, such as kernel > 4.7.9 on fedora24. > But later, we observed that this issue also exist on REL7.3.
It won't work custom kernels, but upstream kernel version. If you think that will be confusion, that is OK. What do you think just adding Linux kernel commit information, can it be useful? > So, it may be a little difficult to us to figure out exactly which kernel > version > doesn't support. And the root cause is the HW's errata which makes > uio_pci_generic > cannot be used on XL710 series NICs. > > Thanks > Jingjing >
