[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 05/12] net/failsafe: add plug-in support

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Mon, 29 May 2017 15:42:17 +0200
Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet at 6wind.com> wrote:

> Periodically check for the existence of a device.
> If a device has not been initialized and exists on the system, then it
> is probed and configured.
> 
> The configuration process strives to synchronize the states between the
> plugged-in sub-device and the fail-safe device.

There are existing event models (udev and netlink) that could be used to
do plug-in support without polling. Polling relies on application doing
rte_alarms and many don't.