[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 7/7] net/ark: Arkville PMD component integration

Ed Czeck ed.czeck at atomicrules.com
Thu Mar 23 23:19:54 CET 2017


On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 8:13 AM, Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
wrote:
>

> >
> > +static
> > +int
>
> Can be in same line.
Fixed

>
> > +check_for_ext(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
> > +           struct ark_adapter *ark __rte_unused)
>
> __rte_unused can go away
Fixed


> Hi Ed,
>
> Can you give some more details on "user extension" that loaded
dynamically?
>
> How much the driver depends on it, what happens if the library is missing?
>
> And how do you deliver that shared library?
>
Dynamic libraries arem optional user provided extensions to the PMD. The
driver funcations correctly without one.   Here is the blurb from our doc
file: doc/guides/nics/ark.rst

The ARK PMD user extensions are a feature of Arkville’s DPDK
net/ark poll mode driver, allowing users to add their
own code to extend the net/ark functionality without
having to make source code changes to the driver. One motivation for
this capability is that while DPDK provides a rich set of functions
to interact with NIC-like capabilities (e.g. MAC addresses and statistics),
the Arkville RTL IP does not include a MAC.  Users can supply their
own MAC or custom FPGA applications, which may require control from
the PMD.  The user extension is the means providing the control
between the user's FPGA application and the existing DPDK features via
the PMD.


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