[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: fix building on Ubuntu-hybrids

2014-10-30 Thread Thomas Monjalon
> In the case where a userspace reports itself as Ubuntu, but the > kernel isn't providing the expected version signature interface, > turn off Ubuntu specializations. > > This situation happens often enough in development environments, > and with multi-distribution build servers (e.g. chroot, con

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: fix building on Ubuntu-hybrids

2014-10-24 Thread Alexander Guy
On Oct 24, 2014, at 12:35 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > Please, could explain what is the file /proc/version_signature and why > it can be a check for Ubuntu kernel? Ubuntu provides /proc/version_signature to help with determining kernel lineage; it doesn?t exist in upstream kernels: https:

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: fix building on Ubuntu-hybrids

2014-10-24 Thread Thomas Monjalon
2014-10-23 16:39, Alexander Guy: > In the case where a userspace reports itself as Ubuntu, but the > kernel isn't providing the expected version signature interface, > turn off Ubuntu specializations. > > This situation happens often enough in development environments, > and with multi-distributio

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: fix building on Ubuntu-hybrids

2014-10-23 Thread Alexander Guy
In the case where a userspace reports itself as Ubuntu, but the kernel isn't providing the expected version signature interface, turn off Ubuntu specializations. This situation happens often enough in development environments, and with multi-distribution build servers (e.g. chroot, containers). S