[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] vhost: add support for dynamic vhost PMD creation

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Thu May 19 18:28:46 CEST 2016


On 5/19/2016 9:33 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2016-05-18 18:10, Ferruh Yigit:
>> Add rte_eth_from_vhost() API to create vhost PMD dynamically from
>> applications.
> 
> How is it different from rte_eth_dev_attach() calling rte_eal_vdev_init()?
> 

When used rte_eth_dev_attach(), application also needs to do:
rte_eth_dev_configure()
rte_eth_rx_queue_setup()
rte_eth_tx_queue_setup()
rte_eth_dev_start()

rte_eth_from_vhost() does these internally, easier to use for applications.


Regards,
ferruh


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