[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal/devargs: add option to supply pci dev args

Jerin Jacob jerin.jacob at caviumnetworks.com
Tue Jun 5 18:07:44 CEST 2018


-----Original Message-----
> Date: Tue,  5 Jun 2018 17:01:28 +0530
> From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at caviumnetworks.com>
> To: jerin.jacob at caviumnetworks.com, gaetan.rivet at 6wind.com,
>  thomas at monjalon.net
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org, Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at caviumnetworks.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal/devargs: add option to supply pci dev args
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> 
> Currently, the only way of supplying device argument to a pci device is
> to whitelist it i.e. -w 000X:00:0X.0,self_test=1. This is not a very
> feasible method as whitelisting a device has its own side effects.

I think, it would good, if we describe the side effects.

> 
> Add a new eal command line option --pci-args to pass device args without
> the need to whitelist the devices.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at caviumnetworks.com>
> ---
>  lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c  | 3 +++
>  lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c  | 7 +++++++
>  lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h         | 2 ++
>  lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h     | 1 +
>  lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h | 1 +

Missed to update the eal documentation.


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