[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/5] ethdev: introduce device removal event

[Thomas Monjalon]

02/05/2017 09:35, Jan Blunck:
> Am 25.04.2017 11:06 schrieb "Gaëtan Rivet" <gaetan.rivet at 6wind.com>:
> 
> Hi Ferruh,
> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 03:59:24PM +0100, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> 
> > On 4/18/2017 1:17 PM, Gaetan Rivet wrote:
> >
> >> This new API allows reacting to a device removal.
> >> A device removal is the sudden disappearance of a device from its
> >> bus.
> >>
> >
> I don't think this belongs into ethdev. If it is bus related we need to
> expose this from it so that apps can register for the low level device
> being unplugged.

Yes it sounds right.
We could work on device notifications.
We need to find a way of notifying the application that there is a
device event and that it affects one or more port at
ethdev/cryptodev/eventdev level.