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

Aaron Conole aconole at redhat.com
Mon Feb 27 15:34:00 CET 2017


Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com> writes:

> 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"? :-)

For now.  In my copious free time, I might have a crack at it, although
I don't have a working BSD DPDK setup.

> 	/Bruce


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