[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] Change rte_eal_vdev_init to update port_id

Tetsuya Mukawa mukawa at igel.co.jp
Sat Sep 26 13:35:11 CEST 2015


Hi Ravi,

I am out of office now, and will be back 29th.
After backing, I will check it and send reply.

Tetsuya

On 2015/09/24 6:22, Ravi Kerur wrote:
> Hi David, Tetsuya,
>
> I have sent V3 (changes isolated to rte_ether component) for formal review.
> Please look into it and let me know your inputs.
>
> @David: I looked at "rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name()", this function is
> similar to "rte_eth_dev_get_name_by_port" and I have used same logic. Let
> me know if this not correct I can fix both.
>
> Thanks,
> Ravi
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 4:28 AM, Ravi Kerur <rkerur at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 7:04 AM, David Marchand <david.marchand at 6wind.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Ravi, Tetsuya,
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 7:59 PM, Ravi Kerur <rkerur at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Let us know how you want us to fix this? To fix rte_eal_vdev_init and
>>>> rte_eal_pci_probe_one to return allocated port_id we had 2 approaches
>>>> mentioned in earlier discussion. In addition to those we have another
>>>> approach with changes isolated only to rte_ether component. I am attaching
>>>> diffs (preliminary) with this email. Please let us know your inputs since
>>>> it involves EAL component.
>>>>
>>> - This patch looks like a good ethdev cleanup (even if it really lacks
>>> some context / commit log).
>>>
>>> I wonder just why you only take the first part of the name in
>>> rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name().
>>> Would not this match, let's say, both toto and toto0 vdevs ?
>>> Is this intended ?
>>>
>>> It was not intended, i will look into it.
>>> - In the end, with this patch, do we still need to update eal ?
>>> Looking at the code, I am not sure anymore.
>>>
>> Approach 3 (preliminary diffs sent as an attachment) doesn't involve EAL
>> but the other two solutions do. So please let us know which one you prefer.
>> I will send updated patch.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ravi
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> David Marchand
>>>
>>



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