[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/4] net/ice: disable ice DDP package on Windows

[Kadam, Pallavi]

Hi Dmitry,

On 3/3/2021 3:12 PM, Dmitry Kozlyuk wrote:
> 2021-03-03 13:59, Pallavi Kadam:
>> Disable loading of private DDP packages in ice PMD on Windows.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Pallavi Kadam <pallavi.kadam at intel.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Ranjit Menon <ranjit.menon at intel.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c | 6 ++++++
>>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> Are DDP packages unavailable on Windows or is their loading disabled because
> reading from PCI config space is not implemented by netuio? In the former
> case, please document the reason in commit (and probably in used guide?).
> In the latter case, could you instead fix rte_pci_config_read() to return (-1)
> on Windows, so that DDP loading automatically fails at reading capabilities?
> This would ensure ICE PMD remains portable by compiling all of its code in
> every platform.

Yes, loading of external DDP package is not supported on Windows.

Will update the commit message and the ice user guide accordingly in v2.