[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] vfio: fix build if build envrionment is on old kernel

2015-07-10 Thread Thomas Monjalon
2015-07-10 13:44, Stephen Hemminger: > On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 22:19:58 +0200 > Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > 2015-07-10 10:29, Stephen Hemminger: > > > On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 01:43:17 +0200 > > > Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > > > > > 2015-07-09 16:26, Stephen Hemminger: > > > > > From: Stephen Hemminge

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] vfio: fix build if build envrionment is on old kernel

2015-07-10 Thread Thomas Monjalon
2015-07-10 10:29, Stephen Hemminger: > On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 01:43:17 +0200 > Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > 2015-07-09 16:26, Stephen Hemminger: > > > From: Stephen Hemminger > > > > > > The build of DPDK may be done on a system where Linux headers > > > in /usr/include (and therefore kernel versi

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] vfio: fix build if build envrionment is on old kernel

2015-07-10 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 22:19:58 +0200 Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 2015-07-10 10:29, Stephen Hemminger: > > On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 01:43:17 +0200 > > Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > > > 2015-07-09 16:26, Stephen Hemminger: > > > > From: Stephen Hemminger > > > > > > > > The build of DPDK may be done on a

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] vfio: fix build if build envrionment is on old kernel

2015-07-10 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 01:43:17 +0200 Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 2015-07-09 16:26, Stephen Hemminger: > > From: Stephen Hemminger > > > > The build of DPDK may be done on a system where Linux headers > > in /usr/include (and therefore kernel version macro) are much > > older than the target runtime

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] vfio: fix build if build envrionment is on old kernel

2015-07-10 Thread Burakov, Anatoly
Hi Stephen, > --- /dev/null > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/compat_vfio.h > @@ -0,0 +1,181 @@ Wouldn't this need a GPL license header? Thanks,Anatoly

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] vfio: fix build if build envrionment is on old kernel

2015-07-10 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 10:13:41 + "Burakov, Anatoly" wrote: > Hi Stephen, > > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/compat_vfio.h > > @@ -0,0 +1,181 @@ > > Wouldn't this need a GPL license header? > > Thanks,Anatoly No. It is perfectly valid to create new headers with differe

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] vfio: fix build if build envrionment is on old kernel

2015-07-10 Thread Thomas Monjalon
2015-07-09 16:26, Stephen Hemminger: > From: Stephen Hemminger > > The build of DPDK may be done on a system where Linux headers > in /usr/include (and therefore kernel version macro) are much > older than the target runtime system. It seems strange wanting to build a feature not present in the

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] vfio: fix build if build envrionment is on old kernel

2015-07-09 Thread Stephen Hemminger
From: Stephen Hemminger The build of DPDK may be done on a system where Linux headers in /usr/include (and therefore kernel version macro) are much older than the target runtime system. In order to work around this, one solution is to put in simplified kernel header (this is what the compat stuf