[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/26] linux/eal: Remove most causes of panic on init

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Mon Feb 27 14:59:48 CET 2017


On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 11:02:43AM -0500, Aaron Conole wrote:
> In many cases, it's enough to simply let the application know that the
> call to initialize DPDK has failed.  A complete halt can then be
> decided by the application based on error returned (and the app could
> even attempt a possible re-attempt after some corrective action by the
> user or application).
>
Spotted a few issues when I tried applying each of the patches and
compile testing them; those I've flagged on the patches that I test
applied. Otherwise, this looks a great set to have.

I assume the equivalent changes to the BSD EAL are "left as an exercise
for the reader"? :-)

	/Bruce


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