[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: update description for functions

Varghese, Vipin vipin.varghese at intel.com
Fri May 18 07:03:50 CEST 2018


Thanks you for the corrections, I had sent the diff from the wrong folder. Will be sending out V2 for the corrected one.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yigit, Ferruh
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2018 6:03 PM
> To: Varghese, Vipin <vipin.varghese at intel.com>; dev at dpdk.org; Mcnamara,
> John <john.mcnamara at intel.com>; Daly, Lee <lee.daly at intel.com>; Jain,
> Deepak K <deepak.k.jain at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: update description for functions
> 
> On 5/17/2018 11:59 AM, Vipin Varghese wrote:
> > Change adds extra information on name parameter for API
> > rte_eth_dev_get_name_by_port and rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese at intel.com>
> > ---
> >  lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h | 9 ++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> > b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h index f8815e9..7387686 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> > +++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> > @@ -3657,7 +3657,10 @@ rte_eth_dev_l2_tunnel_offload_set(uint16_t
> > port_id,
> >
> >  /**
> >  * Get the port id from pci address or device name
> > -* Ex: 0000:2:00.0 or vdev name net_pcap0
> > +* Ex:
> > +* - PCIe, 0000:2:00.0
> > +* - SoC, fslgmac0
> > +* - vdev driver name, net_pcap0
> 
> driver name is "net_pcap", device name is "net_pcap0".
> Original "vdev name" seems more accurate, is there a reason to change it to
> "driver name"?
> 
> >  *
> >  * @param name
> >  *  pci address or name of the device
> > @@ -3672,6 +3675,10 @@ rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name(const char
> *name,
> > uint16_t *port_id);
> >
> >  /**
> >  * Get the device name from port id
> > +* Ex:
> 
> What do you think say "Ex device name:" here and remove "device name" from
> below:
> PCIe, 0000:02:00.0
> SoC, fslgmac0
> vdev, net_pcap0, net_null0, net_tun0 or net_tap0, ...
> 
> > +* - PCIe Bus:Domian:Function, 0000:02:00.0
> > +* - SoC device name, fslgmac0
> > +* - VDEV driver name, net_pcap0, net_null0, net_tun0 or net_tap0
> 
> Why VDEV capitalized?
> 
> >  *
> >  * @param port_id
> >  *   Port identifier of the device.
> >



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