[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] [RFC] ether: standardize getting the port by name

[Thomas Monjalon]

05/12/2017 14:20, Thomas Monjalon:
> 05/12/2017 12:04, Adrien Mazarguil:
> > Just for information, this "port=x" argument in mlx4 is consistent with the
> > value found in /sys/class/net/ethX/dev_port under Linux. If we choose to use
> > a port index (instead of a MAC or something else), it would make sense to
> > standardize it on the same order as given by the host OS for consistency
> > across all PMDs.
> 
> Good idea, thanks.

dev_port is implemented in Linux for few devices:

% git grep -l '\<dev_port\>' drivers/net/ethernet
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_fcoe.c
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c