[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 00/18] refactor eal driver registration code

[Bernard Iremonger]

At present the eal driver registration code is more complicated than it
needs to be.

This RFC proposes to simplify the eal driver registration code.

Remove the type field from the eal driver structure.
Refactor the eal driver registration code to use the name
field in the eal driver structure instead of the type field.

Modify all PMD's to use the modified eal driver structure.
Initialise the name field in the eal driver structure
in some PMD's where it is not initialised at present.


Bernard Iremonger (18):
  librte_eal: remove type field from rte_driver structure.
  af_packet: remove type field from rte_driver structure
  bnx2x: remove type field and initialise name field in rte_driver
    structure
  bonding: remove type field from rte_driver structure
  cxgbe: remove type field from rte_driver structure
  e1000: remove type field and initialise name field in rte_driver
    structures
  enic: remove type field and initialise name field in rte_driver
    structure
  fm10k: remove type field and initialise name field in rte_driver
    structure
  i40e: remove type field and initialise name field in rte_driver
    structures
  ixgbe: remove type field and initialise name field in rte_driver
    structure
  mlx4: remove type field from rte_driver structure
  mpipe: remove type field and update name in rte_driver structure
  null: remove type field from rte_driver structure
  pcap: remove type field from rte_driver structure
  ring: remove type field from rte_driver structure
  virtio_ethdev: remove type field and initialise name field in
    rte_driver structure
  vmxnet3: remove type field and initialise name field in rte_driver
    structure
  xenvirt: remove type field from rte_driver structure

 drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c |  5 ++---
 drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethdev.c          |  5 +++--
 drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_pmd.c    |  3 +--
 drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_ethdev.c          |  4 ++--
 drivers/net/e1000/em_ethdev.c             |  2 +-
 drivers/net/e1000/igb_ethdev.c            |  4 ++--
 drivers/net/enic/enic_ethdev.c            |  3 ++-
 drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c          |  2 +-
 drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c            |  2 +-
 drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c         |  2 +-
 drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c          |  4 ++--
 drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c                   |  4 ++--
 drivers/net/mpipe/mpipe_tilegx.c          |  7 +++----
 drivers/net/null/rte_eth_null.c           |  3 +--
 drivers/net/pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c           |  3 +--
 drivers/net/ring/rte_eth_ring.c           |  3 +--
 drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c        |  2 +-
 drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c      |  2 +-
 drivers/net/xenvirt/rte_eth_xenvirt.c     |  5 ++---
 lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c    | 22 +++++++++++++---------
 lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h   | 11 +----------
 21 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)

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