[dpdk-dev] White listing a virtual device

[Olivier MATZ]

Hi Nicolas,

> Thanks for your reply. The -w option is the same as --pci-whitelist
> mentioned in my first email. Declaring a virtual device with --vdev
> means that I want to use it but there doesn't seem to be a way to say
> that I want to use only that device. Clearly the white list option is
> the way to specify this but if virtual devices are excluded from
> -w/--pci-whitelist you can't only white list the virtual devices.
> 
> I want to be able to have the same command line arguments across several
> systems under test without having to know where the physical devices are
> (to black list them).
> 
> My issue is not that I don't want to black list the physical devices
> it's just that I want to white list the virtual ones. I don't see why
> that option is not available.

What about using the --no-pci option ?

It would blacklist all physical devices (as PCI devices are the only
ones supported today).

Regards,
Olivier