[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] PCI: ABI change request for adding new field in rte_pci_id structure

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Wed Feb 17 11:14:35 CET 2016


On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 09:54:33AM +0800, Ziye Yang wrote:
> From: Ziye <ziye.yang at intel.com>
> 
> The purpose of this patch is used to add a new field
> "class" in rte_pci_id structure. The new class field includes
> class_id, subcalss_id, programming interface of a pci device.
> With this field, we can identify pci device by its class info,
> which can be more flexible instead of probing the device by
> vendor_id OR device_id OR subvendor_id OR subdevice_id.
> For example, we can probe all nvme devices by class field, which
> can be quite convenient.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ziye Yang <ziye.yang at intel.com>

Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>




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