[dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/9] usertools: add DPDK config lib python library

[Wiles, Keith]

> On Nov 16, 2018, at 5:49 AM, Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> On 16-Nov-18 12:45 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 15:47:13 +0000
>> Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com> wrote:
>>> This is a placeholder for Python library abstracting away many of
>>> mundane details DPDK configuration scripts have to deal with. We
>>> need __init__.py file to make the subdirectory a package so that
>>> Python scripts in usertools/ can find their dependencies.
>>> 
>>> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
>>> ---
>>>  usertools/DPDKConfigLib/__init__.py | 0
>>>  1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>  create mode 100644 usertools/DPDKConfigLib/__init__.py
>>> 
>>> diff --git a/usertools/DPDKConfigLib/__init__.py b/usertools/DPDKConfigLib/__init__.py
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 000000000..e69de29bb
>> Doing this a better than current code, but can we go farther?
>> I would like DPDK to get out of doing binds directly and switch to using driverctl
>> which also handles persistent rebind on reboot.
> 
> Wasn't the objection that it's not available everywhere? (for the record, i have no horse in the race - i don't much care exactly how it's done)

If it works on FreeBSD and Linux then I am all for it. On windows does it support this method too?
> 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Anatoly

Regards,
Keith