[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: add support for shared object drivers

[Antti Kantee]

On 12.06.2013 16:54, Olivier MATZ wrote:
>> Unless I'm missing something, testpmd still needs
>> an explicit rte_pmd_foo_init() call. It's of course not difficult to
>> sprinkle some __attribute__((constructor))'s into the pmd's
>
> Yes, you need to do it in the pmd's constructor.

Ok, I thought it had to be called after eal_init().  Still, unifying the 
init conventions would be nice.

One other question popped to mind, not strictly related to the patch: 
does anyone have approximate numbers on the performance penalty of using 
PIC for pmd's?