On 02/15/2016 12:15 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2016-02-15 10:29, Panu Matilainen:
>> On 02/14/2016 01:38 AM, Matthew Hall wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I found a peculiarity in the vm_power_manager example on DPDK 2.2 if you
>>> use an installed copy of DPDK to compile the examples instead of the master
>>> copy (while trying to update some outdated stuff in my build system).
> [...]
>>> Did anybody run into this before?
>>
>> Yes, the problem exists at least since DPDK 2.1 but somehow never
>> remembered to report / do something about it.
>>
>> Basically either vm_power_manager example is messing with things its not
>> supposed to, or librte_power library isn't exporting everything needed
>> to fully use the it. Unfortunately both the library and the example are
>> lacking a maintainer :-/
>
> Exact, you got the point.
> I suggest to disable this feature in your config.
I take it you mean disabling librte_power entirely, not just the example?
> If it's really annoying, you are allowed to request the removal of the code.
> I believe someone would maintain it if he has an interest.
I can certainly submit a patch to disable it by default in the configs
(seems reasonable unmaintained code would default to off) and add a
deprecation note along the lines of "if no maintainer steps up, this
code will be removed in 16.07" if you like :)
- Panu -
