[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/6] net/representor: Implement port representor PMD

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 11/17/2017 6:42 AM, Mohammad Abdul Awal wrote:
> V2:
> Update rte_bus_vdev.h header file instead of rte_vdev.h file.
> 
> V1:
> Representor PMD is a virtual PMD which provides a logical representation
> in DPDK for ports of a multi port device. This supports configuration,
> management, and monitoring of VFs of a physical function bound to a
> userspace control plane application.

Why we need this PMD?
It looks like this has been used only for parameter parsing.

Can it be possible to rte_representor_broker_init() will allocate ethdevs and
fill brokers with this information?

> 
> Change-Id: I5a7834bbc05bc9037e3218f69f10c1bd1e787236
> Signed-off-by: Mohammad Abdul Awal <mohammad.abdul.awal at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Remy Horton <remy.horton at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Declan Doherty <declan.doherty at intel.com>

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