[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] lib/librte_ether: bypass code cleanup

[Thomas Monjalon]

2016-07-11 14:21, Wenzhuo Lu:
> In testpmd code, device id is used directly to check if bypass
> is supported. But APP should not know the details of HW, the NIC
> specific info should not be exposed here.

Right

> This patch adds a new rte API to check if bypass is supported.

Hmmm. It's true it is cleaner. But I am not sure having a generic API
for bypass is a good idea at all.
I was thinking to totally remove it.
Maybe we can try to have a specific API by including ixgbe_bypass.h in
the application.