[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 7/7] net/dpaa2: add support to configure dpdmux max Rx frame len

[Hemant Agrawal]

HI Ferruh,

On 2/2/2021 5:08 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 1/20/2021 2:27 PM, Hemant Agrawal wrote:
>> This patch introduce a new pmd api, which can help the applications
>> to configure the max framelen for a given dpdmux interface
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
>
> <...>
>
>> +/**
>> + * @warning
>> + * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change, or be removed, without 
>> prior notice
>> + *
>> + * demultiplex interface max rx frame length configure
>> + *
>> + * @param dpdmux_id
>> + *    ID of the DPDMUX MC object.
>> + * @param max_rx_frame_len
>> + *    maximum receive frame length (will be checked to be minimux of 
>> all dpnis)
>> + *
>> + */
>> +__rte_experimental
>> +int
>> +rte_pmd_dpaa2_mux_rx_frame_len(uint32_t dpdmux_id, uint16_t 
>> max_rx_frame_len);
>> +
>
> PMD specific APIs are not good for portability, and I think better to 
> reduce them as much as possible.
>
> Can't this new parameter provided as devarg, instead of a new PMD API?

Applications controls it w.r.t jumbo buffers for the dpdmux attached 
interfaces. So, devargs will not work in this case.