[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 03/14] eal/pci, ethdev: Remove assumption that port will not be detached

[Qiu, Michael]

On 2/9/2015 4:31 PM, Tetsuya Mukawa wrote:
> To remove assumption, do like followings.

[...]

>  struct rte_eth_dev_sriov {
> @@ -1604,6 +1605,10 @@ extern struct rte_eth_dev rte_eth_devices[];
>   * initialized by the [matching] Ethernet driver during the PCI probing phase.
>   * All devices whose port identifier is in the range
>   * [0,  rte_eth_dev_count() - 1] can be operated on by network applications.
> + * immediately after invoking rte_eal_init().
> + * If the application unplugs a port using hotplug function, The enabled port
> + * numbers may be noncontiguous. In the case, the applications need to manage
> + * enabled port by themselves.
>   *
>   * @return
>   *   - The total number of usable Ethernet devices.

Acked-by: Michael Qiu <michael.qiu at intel.com>