[dpdk-dev] time to kill rte_pci_dev_ids.h

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Wed Jan 6 02:40:38 CET 2016


2016-01-05 11:37, Stephen Hemminger:
> Has anyone looked at getting rid of rte_pci_dev_ids.h?
> The current method with #ifdef's and putting all devices in one file
> really doesn't scale well. Something more like other OS's where
> the data is only in each device driver would be better.

I agree.
The PCI ids should be embedded in drivers.
If I remember well, it's already the case for some of them.
I would love to see a tool able to list the supported devices
by reading a binary libraries.


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