[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] librte_ethdev: improve description for port name api

Jasvinder Singh jasvinder.singh at intel.com
Tue Jul 17 20:32:55 CEST 2018


Improve description of api used to get port name from port id or
vice-versa.

Signed-off-by: Jasvinder Singh <jasvinder.singh at intel.com>
---
v2
- fixed checkpatch warning

 lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h | 19 +++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
index f5f593b..e1d0df2 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
@@ -3629,11 +3629,11 @@ rte_eth_dev_l2_tunnel_offload_set(uint16_t port_id,
 				  uint8_t en);
 
 /**
-* Get the port id from pci address or device name
-* Example:
-* - PCIe, 0000:2:00.0
-* - SoC, fsl-gmac0
-* - vdev, net_pcap0
+* Get the port id from device name. The device name should be specified
+* as below:
+* - PCIe address (Domain:Bus:Device.Function), for example- 0000:2:00.0
+* - SoC device name, for example- fsl-gmac0
+* - vdev dpdk name, for example- net_[pcap0|null0|tap0]
 *
 * @param name
 *  pci address or name of the device
@@ -3647,11 +3647,10 @@ int
 rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name(const char *name, uint16_t *port_id);
 
 /**
-* Get the device name from port id
-* Example:
-* - PCIe Bus:Domain:Function, 0000:02:00.0
-* - SoC device name, fsl-gmac0
-* - vdev dpdk name, net_[pcap0|null0|tun0|tap0]
+* Get the device name from port id. The device name is specified as below:
+* - PCIe address (Domain:Bus:Device.Function), for example- 0000:02:00.0
+* - SoC device name, for example- fsl-gmac0
+* - vdev dpdk name, for example- net_[pcap0|null0|tun0|tap0]
 *
 * @param port_id
 *   Port identifier of the device.
-- 
2.9.3



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