[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] devargs: add blacklisting by linux interface name

[Richardson, Bruce]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles (Chas) Williams [mailto:3chas3 at gmail.com]
> 
> On Fri, 2015-10-02 at 16:18 +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 11:00:07AM -0400, Chas Williams wrote:
> > > If a system is using deterministic interface names, it may be easier
> > > in some cases to use the interface name to blacklist an interface.
> > >
> >
> > Is it possible to do this using the existing arguments, i.e. have the
> > -b flag detect if it's a pci address or name automatically, rather
> > than having to use a separate command-line arg for it?
> 
> You might be able to distinguish names by context.  I doubt interface
> names ever look like PCI addresses.  But that's going to be a bigger
> change since -b will need to be updated to 'blacklist' intead of 'pci-
> blacklist' to prevent confusion.  Or do you just want to overload '-b' and
> keep both long options?
>
I'm not sure about that, to be honest. However, I'd rather not have
too many cmd line options to be maintained in the code. 

Does you proposed blacklisting patch work with non-pci devices as well
as with PCI ones as now?

/Bruce