[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 0/4] get Rx/Tx packet burst mode information

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 19:48:14 +0800
Haiyue Wang <haiyue.wang at intel.com> wrote:

> RFCv3 -> v1:
> 	https://patchwork.dpdk.org/patch/59103/
> 	https://patchwork.dpdk.org/patch/59104/
> 	https://patchwork.dpdk.org/patch/59105/
> 	https://patchwork.dpdk.org/patch/59106/
> 	1). Use the function 'rte_bsf64' to iterate the options for
> 	    getting the name.
> 
> Haiyue Wang (4):
>   ethdev: add the API for getting burst mode information
>   net/i40e: support to get the Rx/Tx burst mode
>   net/ice: support to get the Rx/Tx burst mode
>   app/testpmd: show the Rx/Tx burst mode description
> 
>  app/test-pmd/config.c                    | 29 +++++++++
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst   |  9 +++
>  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c           |  2 +
>  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.h           |  4 ++
>  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c             | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c             |  2 +
>  drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx.c               | 54 ++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx.h               |  4 ++
>  lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c           | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h           | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev_core.h      |  5 ++
>  lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev_version.map |  5 ++
>  12 files changed, 343 insertions(+)
> 

A couple of meta comments:
1) Could this be part of dev_info_get somehow?

2) Why should application care? Is this just a test hook?