Thanks for the observation. I have removed the compile-time kernel version check in v2 of the patch
On Mon, 13 Sept 2021 at 18:09, Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:09:11 +0300 > Tudor Cornea <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +static inline bool tx_ring_status_unavailable(uint32_t tp_status) > > +{ > > +#if KERNEL_VERSION(5, 10, 0) > LINUX_VERSION_CODE > > No, having kernel dependent userspace in DPDK is not good practice. > > Distribution vendors don't number their kernels the same as upstream. > RHEL for example, keeps same version over life or release but backports > many fixes. > > Also, the system DPDK runs on is often not the system DPDK is built > on. >
