[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] bus/pci: fix Windows kernel driver categories

[Thomas Monjalon]

18/03/2021 09:36, Slava Ovsiienko:
> From: Thomas Monjalon
> > In Windows probing, the value RTE_PCI_KDRV_NONE was used instead of
> > RTE_PCI_KDRV_UNKNOWN (mlx case), and RTE_PCI_KDRV_NIC_UIO
> > (FreeBSD) was re-used instead of having a new RTE_PCI_KDRV_NET_UIO for
> > Windows NetUIO.
> 
> As far as I understand - under Windows there is always some kernel driver
> backing the device, hence, RTE_PCI_KDRV_NONE is not an option and
> RTE_PCI_KDRV_UNKNOWN is more appropriate. I would add this extra
> explanation in commit message.

The reason is that NONE is not appropriate because there *is* a kernel
driver backing the device in mlx case.
And it is aligning with Linux.

I will improve the message and comments.