Add a new macro RTE_PMD_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP() that allows a driver to
declare the list of kernel modules required to run properly.
Today, most PCI drivers require uio/vfio.
Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
Acked-by: Fiona Trahe <fiona.trahe@intel.com>
Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
pmdinfogen has a bug in which, during build, it pulls in rte_byteorder.h to
obtain the rte macros for byteswapping between the cpu byte order and big or
little endian. Unfortunately, pmdinfogen is a tool that is only meant to be run
during the build of dpdk components, and so, it runs on the host. In cross
compile environments however, the rte_byteorder.h is configured using a target
cpu, who's endianness may differ from that of the host, leading to improper
swapping.
The fix is to use host system defined byte swapping routines rather than the
dpdk provided routines. Note that we are using non posix compliant routines, as
the posix compliant api only addresses 16 and 32 bit swaps, and we also need 64
bit swaps. Those macros exist (via endian.h), but BSD and Linux put that header
in different locations so some ifdeffery is required.
Tested successfully by myself on Linux and BSD systems.
Fixes: 98b0fdb0ffc6 ("pmdinfogen: add buildtools and pmdinfogen utility")
Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Tested-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
pmdinfogen is a tool used to parse object files and build json strings for
use in later determining hardware support in a dso or application binary.
pmdinfo looks for the non-exported symbol names this_pmd_name<n> and
this_pmd_tbl<n> (where n is a integer counter). It records the name of
each of these tuples, using the later to find the symbolic name of the
pci_table for physical devices that the object supports. With this
information, it outputs a C file with a single line of the form:
static char *<pmd_name>_driver_info[] __attribute__((used)) = " \
PMD_DRIVER_INFO=<json string>";
Where <pmd_name> is the arbitrary name of the pmd, and <json_string> is the
json encoded string that hold relevant pmd information, including the pmd
name, type and optional array of pci device/vendor ids that the driver
supports.
This c file is suitable for compiling to object code, then relocatably
linking into the parent file from which the C was generated. This creates
an entry in the string table of the object that can inform a later tool
about hardware support.
Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Acked-by: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Remy Horton <remy.horton@intel.com>
