[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/11] ethdev: add probing finish function
Andrew Rybchenko
arybchenko at solarflare.com
Thu May 10 13:24:16 CEST 2018
On 05/10/2018 01:54 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 10/05/2018 12:37, Andrew Rybchenko:
>> On 05/10/2018 01:43 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>>> A new hook function is added and called inside the PMDs at the end
>>> of the device probing:
>>> - in primary process, after allocating, init and config
>>> - in secondary process, after attaching and local init
>>>
>>> This new function is almost empty for now.
>>> It will be used later to add some post-initialization processing.
>>>
>>> For the PMDs calling the helpers rte_eth_dev_create() or
>>> rte_eth_dev_pci_generic_probe(), the hook rte_eth_dev_probing_finish()
>>> is called from here, and not in the PMD itself.
>>>
>>> Note that the helper rte_eth_dev_create() could be used more,
>>> especially for vdevs, avoiding some code duplication in PMDs.
>>>
>>> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>> Why Cc?
> Because other fixes in the series depend on this patch.
Yes, I've realized it reviewing later patches. Thanks.
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