[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: revert use device name from device structure

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Thu Oct 12 00:44:07 CEST 2017


On 10/11/2017 10:56 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 22/09/2017 16:57, Adrien Mazarguil:
>> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 12:30:07PM +0100, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
>>> This reverts commit a1e7c17555e8f77d520ba5f06ed26c00e77a2bd1.
>>>
>>> Original commit assumes there is 1:1 mapping between physical device and
>>> ethdev port, so that device name can be used per port instead of ethdev
>>> name field.
>>>
>>> But one physical device may have multiple ethdev ports and each port
>>> needs its own unique name.
>>>
>>> One issue reported here:
>>> http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/users/2017-September/002484.html
>>>
>>> So reverting back the commit to continue using ethdev name field per
>>> port.
>>>
>>> Reported-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
>>
>> Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.


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