[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 09/32] lib/ether: add rte_device in rte_eth_dev

[Hemant Agrawal]

On 12/7/2016 1:18 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 12/4/2016 6:17 PM, Hemant Agrawal wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
>> ---
>>  lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h | 1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
>> index 3c45a1f..6f5673f 100644
>> --- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
>> +++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
>> @@ -1626,6 +1626,7 @@ struct rte_eth_dev {
>>  	eth_rx_burst_t rx_pkt_burst; /**< Pointer to PMD receive function. */
>>  	eth_tx_burst_t tx_pkt_burst; /**< Pointer to PMD transmit function. */
>>  	struct rte_eth_dev_data *data;  /**< Pointer to device data */
>> +	struct rte_device *device;
>
> I believe this change should not be part of a PMD patchset. This change
> is more generic than the PMD.
>
> Won't Shreyansh's patch already do this?

I agree that this patch is not a fit for this PMD patchset, Shreyansh's 
patch is not yet doing it. He will be taking care of it next.

So till Shreyansh provide the support, we need it.

>
>>  	const struct eth_driver *driver;/**< Driver for this device */
>>  	const struct eth_dev_ops *dev_ops; /**< Functions exported by PMD */
>>  	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev; /**< PCI info. supplied by probing */
>>
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