[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs

[Iremonger, Bernard]

Hi John,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John W. Linville [mailto:linville at tuxdriver.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 6:44 PM
> To: Iremonger, Bernard
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs
> 
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 04:40:35PM +0100, Bernard Iremonger wrote:
> > There is a dummy pci driver in the vdev PMD's at present.
> > This RFC proposes to remove the pci driver from the vdev PMD's.
> > Changes have been made to librte_ether to handle vdevs which do not
> have a pci driver.
> >
> > The pdev PMD's should work as before with the changes to librte_ether
> > The vdev PMD's which still have a pci driver should work as before with the
> librte_ether changes.
> >
> > The following vdev PMD's have had the  pci driver removed
> >
> > bonding PMD
> > null PMD
> > pcap PMD
> > ring PMD
> 
> Any reason there is no patch for the af_packet driver?
> 
> John

I have just modified the Intel vdev PMD's.
It would be best if the owners of the non Intel vdev's submitted patches for their drivers.

Regards,

Bernard. 

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