dpdk-devbind.py ./. bonding interfaces

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Sat, 25 Jun 2022 01:13:01 +0200
qcqx-obaq.6cba8489 at hashmail.org wrote:

> To whom it may concern.
> 
> usertools/dpdk-devbind.py currently does not recognize interfaces 
> that are part of a bond as active.
> that can be a nuisance if you are using something like libmoon which
> proactively rebinds drivers for all "not active" interfaces.
> 
> yes, i am aware of the dpdk contribution guideline. 
> 
> no, i am not going to jump through linux-kernel level hoops for
> a trivial 9-sloc-python driveby-contrib.
> 
> yes, that glorious code is all written by me, i promise i didnt
> steal it, and whoever takes pity and merges it is free to claim
> full credits for it.
> (if you feel bad about claiming credits for something you didnt
>  write, perhaps find more useful names for "f" and "l" and/or
>  add some comment above it...)
> 
> yes, i promise i will read and respect the contrib guide if i ever
> want to contrib code that took longer to write than it takes to
> read the contrib guide.
> 
> regards,
>    x23

Sounds like a libmoon bug, not a DPDK bug. 

There are many more types of joined devices in Linux, and just doing
bonding seems wrong.

Also, since your patch is missing Signed-off-by with a valid name,
it can not be accepted.