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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2018 Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
+
+ccflags-y := $(MODULE_CFLAGS)
+obj-m := rte_kni.o
+rte_kni-y := $(patsubst $(src)/%.c,%.o,$(wildcard $(src)/*.c)) \
+ $(patsubst $(src)/%.c,%.o,$(wildcard $(src)/ethtool/ixgbe/*.c)) \
+ $(patsubst $(src)/%.c,%.o,$(wildcard $(src)/ethtool/igb/*.c))
 
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2018 Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
+
+subdir('ethtool')
+
+kni_mkfile = custom_target('rte_kni_makefile',
+       output: 'Makefile',
+       command: ['touch', '@OUTPUT@'])
+
+kni_sources = files(
+       'kni_ethtool.c',
+       'kni_misc.c',
+       'kni_net.c',
+       'Kbuild')
+
+custom_target('rte_kni',
+       input: kni_sources + kni_igb_sources + kni_ixgbe_sources,
+       output: 'rte_kni.ko',
+       command: ['make', '-j4', '-C', kernel_dir,
+               'M=' + meson.current_build_dir(),
+               'src=' + meson.current_source_dir(),
+               'MODULE_CFLAGS=-include ' + meson.source_root() + '/config/rte_config.h' +
+               ' -I' + meson.source_root() + '/lib/librte_eal/common/include' +
+               ' -I' + meson.source_root() + '/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include' +
+               ' -I' + meson.build_root() +
+               ' -I' + meson.current_source_dir() +
+               ' -I' + meson.current_source_dir() + '/ethtool/ixgbe' +
+               ' -I' + meson.current_source_dir() + '/ethtool/igb',
+               'modules'],
+       depends: kni_mkfile,
+       console: true,
+       install: true,
+       install_dir: kernel_dir + '/../extra/dpdk',
+       build_by_default: get_option('enable_kmods'))
 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
 
-subdirs = ['igb_uio']
+subdirs = ['igb_uio', 'kni']
 
 WARN_CROSS_COMPILE='Need "kernel_dir" option for kmod compilation when cross-compiling'
 WARN_NO_HEADERS='Cannot compile kernel modules as requested - are kernel headers installed?'