[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH] eal:Add new API for parsing args at rte_eal_init time

Wiles, Keith keith.wiles at intel.com
Thu Jun 4 16:55:02 CEST 2015


Hmmm, replied in HTML.

>On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Wiles, Keith
><keith.wiles at intel.com> wrote:
>
>Hi Neil and Stephen,
>
>I agree this is not saving instructions and adding performance, but of
>code clutter and providing a layered model for the developer. The
>rte_eal_init() routine still exists and I was not trying to remove that
>API only layer a convenient API for common constructs.
>>
>>Its not a bad addition, I'm just not sure its worth having to take on the
>>additional API surface to include.  I'd be more supportive if you could
>>enhance
>>the function to allow the previously mentioned before/after flexibiilty.
>>Then
>>we could just deprecate rte_eal_init as an API call entirely, and use
>>this
>>instead.
>
>I can see we can create an API to add support for doing the applications
>args first or after, but would that even be acceptable?
>
>
>
>What's the point ?
>Adding stuff just for saving lines ?
>Are you serious about this ?

Wow, OK it is dropped.
>
>
>-- 
>
>David Marchand



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