[PATCH v6 1/3] net/macb: add new poll mode driver
Stephen Hemminger
stephen at networkplumber.org
Wed Apr 16 18:38:32 CEST 2025
On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 06:20:01 +0000
liwencheng <liwencheng at phytium.com.cn> wrote:
> +
> + dev_num = rte_kvargs_count(kvlist, MACB_DEVICE_NAME_ARG);
> +
> + /* compatibility support */
> + if (!strcmp(vdev_name, "net_macb")) {
> + if (dev_num > MACB_MAX_PORT_NUM) {
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> + MACB_LOG(ERR, "number of devices exceeded. Maximum value: %d.",
> + MACB_MAX_PORT_NUM);
> + goto out_free_kvlist;
> + }
> + } else {
> + if (dev_num != 1) {
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> + MACB_LOG(ERR, "Error args: one vdev to one device.");
> + goto out_free_kvlist;
> + }
> + }
> +
Since this is to first merged version of the driver, confused about what
compatibility means in this context?
Does the driver require devargs to work? Isn't it a hardware driver.
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