[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 03/14] eal/pci, ethdev: Remove assumption that port will not be detached

[Iremonger, Bernard]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tetsuya Mukawa [mailto:mukawa at igel.co.jp]
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 4:14 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Qiu, Michael; Iremonger, Bernard; Tetsuya Mukawa
> Subject: [PATCH v8 03/14] eal/pci,ethdev: Remove assumption that port will not be detached
> 
> To remove assumption, do like followings.
> 
> This patch adds "RTE_PCI_DRV_DETACHABLE" to drv_flags of rte_pci_driver structure. The flags
> indicate the driver can detach devices at runtime.
> Also, remove assumption that port will not be detached.
> 
> To remove the assumption.
> - Add 'attached' member to rte_eth_dev structure.
>   This member is used for indicating the port is attached, or not.
> - Add rte_eth_dev_allocate_new_port().
>   This function is used for allocating new port.
> 
> v8:
> - NONE_TRACE is changed to NO_TRACE.
>   (Thanks to Iremonger, Bernard)
> v5:
> - Change parameters of rte_eth_dev_validate_port() to cleanup code.
> v4:
> - Use braces with 'for' loop.
> - Fix indent of 'if' statement.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuya Mukawa <mukawa at igel.co.jp>

Acked-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger at intel.com>