[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] ethdev: add helper functions to get eth_dev and dev private data
Thomas Monjalon
thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Wed Jun 22 23:47:32 CEST 2016
2016-02-17 14:20, Ferruh Yigit:
> This is to provide abstraction and reduce global variable access.
>
> Global variable rte_eth_devices kept exported to not break ABI.
>
> Bonding driver not selected on purpose, just it seems it is using
> rte_eth_devices heavily.
The struct rte_eth_dev is marked internal.
It is a good goal to remove access to the global array rte_eth_devices,
but the fix must be in the code accessing it only (bonding).
This patchset is rejected.
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