[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] usertools/dpdk-devbind.py: add support for wind river avp device

[Burakov, Anatoly]

On 13-Feb-18 1:43 AM, Zhang, Xiaohua wrote:
> Hi Anatoly,
> AVP is a virtual NIC type, so you are right.
> 
> When using the AVP device, you will see the following information from lspci (example).
> Slot:       0000:00:05.0
> Class:      Unclassified device [00ff]
> Vendor:   Red Hat, Inc [1af4]
> Device:    Virtio memory balloon [1002]
> SVendor:          Red Hat, Inc [1af4]
> SDevice:           Device [0005]
> PhySlot:            5
> Driver:    virtio-pci
> 
> It is a little different with the standard "Ethernet" controller, such as "Class:  Ethernet controller [0200]".
> Theoretically, the AVP is a memory based device. That's the reason, I put it as separate catalog.
> 

OK, fair enough. Is there any way we can make this category 
not-WindRiver AVP specific? Are there other similar devices out there 
that could potentially fit into this category?

> 
> BR.
> Xiaohua Zhang
> 
> -----Original Message-----

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> 
> Is there any particular reason why this device appears in its own category, rather than being added to one of the existing device classes?
> I'm not familiar with AVP but it looks like it's a NIC, so shouldn't it be in network_devices category?
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> Anatoly
> 


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Thanks,
Anatoly