[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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