[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/17] prepare for rte_device / rte_driver

[Jan Viktorin]

On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:05:24 +0100
Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 01:44:00PM +0200, David Marchand wrote:
> > Following discussions with Jan [1] and some cleanup I started on pci code,
> > here is a patchset that reworks pdev drivers registration and hotplug api.
> > 
> > The structures changes mentioned in [1] are still to be done, but at least,
> > I think we are one step closer to it.
> > 
> > Before this patchset, rte_driver .init semantics differed whether it
> > concerned a pdev or a vdev driver:
> > - for vdev, it actually meant that a devargs is given to the driver so
> >   that it creates ethdev / crypto objects, so it was a probing action
> > - for pdev, it only registered the driver triggering no ethdev / crypto
> >   objects
> > 
> > From my pov, eal hotplug api introduced in this patchset still needs more
> > work so that it does not need to know about devargs. So a new devargs api
> > is needed.
> > 
> > Changes since v1:
> > - rebased on HEAD, new drivers should be okay
> > - patches have been split into smaller pieces
> > - RTE_INIT macro has been added, but in the end, I am not sure it is useful
> > - device type has been removed from ethdev, as it was used only by hotplug
> > - getting rid of pmd type in eal patch (patch 5 of initial series) has been
> >   dropped for now, we can do this once vdev drivers have been converted
> > 
> > [1] http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-January/031390.html
> > 
> > Regards, 
> > -- 
> > David Marchand
> >   
> Nice, David. Looks to be some good improvements in there!
> 
> /Bruce

Looks good for me but I've failed to apply the series on top of

commit 7d619406f31ddf115714b32778c33f6dc0ead470
Author: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>
Date:   Thu Apr 14 20:49:49 2016 +0200

    pci: remove deprecated specific config

Jan