Re: patch to fix pkt-gen

On 1/08/2021 4:45 am, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> pkt-gen by default compiles against headers that it ships with.  This is
> likely to deal w/ Linux, but now that FreeBSD has rev'd the API a few
> times, it fails to work on FreeBSD, instead, giving you this:
> 360.000574 [ 376] netmap_ioctl_legacy       Minimum supported API is 14 (requested 11)
> 
> This drops the inclusion of the header files when building pkt-gen,
> so that it uses the correct FreeBSD kernel headers.
> 
> I have done basic testing, and pkt-gen is working.
> 
> Note, that this does not update pkt-gen to the latest in github, and it is
> almost 4 years out of date.
> 
> I can commit it (I think, I haven't used a ports bit in years) if
> someone wants to approve it, or someone else can commit it for me.
> 
> I have included it both inline and attached, in case there are problems
> w/ either.
> 
> patch:
> diff --git a/net/pkt-gen/files/patch-pkt-gen_GNUmakefile b/net/pkt-gen/files/patch-pkt-gen_GNUmakefile
> index 5237c3d4d3c7..e4a1d15abb4c 100644
> --- a/net/pkt-gen/files/patch-pkt-gen_GNUmakefile
> +++ b/net/pkt-gen/files/patch-pkt-gen_GNUmakefile
> @@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
> ---- pkt-gen/GNUmakefile.orig	2018-08-15 02:22:27 UTC
> +--- pkt-gen/GNUmakefile.orig	2017-08-06 18:26:36 UTC
>   +++ pkt-gen/GNUmakefile
>   @@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ VPATH = $(SRCDIR)/apps/pkt-gen
>    
>    NO_MAN=
>    CFLAGS = -O2 -pipe
>   -CFLAGS += -Werror -Wall -Wunused-function
> -+CFLAGS += -Wunused-function
> - CFLAGS += -I $(SRCDIR)/sys -I $(SRCDIR)/apps/include
> +-CFLAGS += -I $(SRCDIR)/sys -I $(SRCDIR)/apps/include
>   -CFLAGS += -Wextra
> ++CFLAGS += -Wunused-function
> ++CFLAGS += -I $(SRCDIR)/apps/include
>    
>    LDLIBS += -lpthread -lm
>    ifeq ($(shell uname),Linux)
> 

If you can add a comment to the patch header and add a PORTREVISION, and 
this has been compile tested against at least current,13,12{$tier1archs}:

Reviewed by: koobs (ports)
Approved by: koobs (ports)
MFH: 202Q3 (build fix, ports compliance)

Is this going upstream as an issue or pr?