[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] common/mlx5: share kernel interface name getter

[Maxime Coquelin]

On 6/2/20 5:53 PM, Matan Azrad wrote:
> Some configuration of the mlx5 port are done by the kernel net device
> associated to the IB device represents the PCI device.
> 
> The DPDK mlx5 driver uses linux system calls, for example ioctl, in
> order to configure per port configurations requested by the DPDK user.
> 
> One of the basic knowledges required to access the correct kernel net
> device is its name.
> 
> Move function to get interface name from IB device path to the common
> library.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matan Azrad <matan at mellanox.com>
> ---
>  drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_common.c               | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_common.h               |  3 +
>  drivers/common/mlx5/rte_common_mlx5_version.map |  2 +
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c                         |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h                         |  1 -
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c                  | 90 +------------------------
>  6 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 90 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com>