[dpdk-dev] [RFC][PATCH 2/5] pci: allow shared device instances.

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Wed May 10 11:09:35 CEST 2017


Hi,

09/05/2017 16:57, Radu Nicolau:
> Updated PCI initialization code to allow devices to be shared across multiple PMDs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Radu Nicolau <radu.nicolau at intel.com>

I was waiting the day when we have a device shared
by two different interfaces.
Note that some Mellanox and Chelsio devices already instantiate
two ethdev ports per PCI device.

Please explain your idea behind this "shared" flag.
What is your exact need?
Do you think it is the best solution?


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