[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: revert use device name from device structure

Adrien Mazarguil adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com
Fri Sep 22 16:57:23 CEST 2017


On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 12:30:07PM +0100, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> This reverts commit a1e7c17555e8f77d520ba5f06ed26c00e77a2bd1.
> 
> Original commit assumes there is 1:1 mapping between physical device and
> ethdev port, so that device name can be used per port instead of ethdev
> name field.
> 
> But one physical device may have multiple ethdev ports and each port
> needs its own unique name.
> 
> One issue reported here:
> http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/users/2017-September/002484.html
> 
> So reverting back the commit to continue using ethdev name field per
> port.
> 
> Reported-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>

Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>

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Adrien Mazarguil
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