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

[Chen, Jing D]

Hi, Keith, Stephen,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wiles, Keith
> Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2017 7:07 AM
> To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> Cc: Chen, Jing D <jing.d.chen at intel.com>; dev at dpdk.org; Rogers, Gerald
> <gerald.rogers at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC 2/2] prgdev: introduce generic prgdev API
> 
> 
> > 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.
> 

I got you. Will remove the reference in formal patch.