[dpdk-dev] [RFC 2/2] prgdev: introduce generic prgdev API

Wiles, Keith keith.wiles at intel.com
Thu Feb 9 00:06:51 CET 2017


> On Feb 8, 2017, at 4:49 PM, Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2017 11:21:38 +0800
> "Chen Jing D(Mark)" <jing.d.chen at intel.com> wrote:
> 
>> +struct rte_prg_dev_info {
>> +	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev; /**< Device PCI information. */
> 
> NAK
> 
> No new API should refer to PCI devices. We are trying to make all references
> to devices generic. Crypto suceeded, ether is in process, but no new ones please.

The design is not PCI centric and should not be PCI centric, it is just what they started with months ago. So please look past the PCI bits as they have not integrated into the latest code base yet.

Regards,
Keith



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