[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/13] Introducing EAL Bus-Device-Driver Model

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Thu Dec 8 08:21:21 CET 2016


2016-12-08 10:34, Shreyansh Jain:
> On Wednesday 07 December 2016 06:54 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 2016-12-07 18:40, Shreyansh Jain:
> >> Is there anything specific that you are looking for in patchset v2?
> >> I was thinking of:
> >> 0. fixing BSD compilation issue reported by CI
> >> 1. improving the test_pci.c
> >> 2. hotplugging
> >> 3. trying to move PCI to drives/bus/pci/linux/* and resolving how
> >> drivers link to it, and how EAL resources like devargs are consumed.
> >
> > I am concerned about the time needed for all these changes.
> > Please let's make sure that the basic parts are well done and pushed, first.
> > That's why I suggest to postpone 1, 2 and 3 to next release if possible.
> > The priority is to have a clean bus model,
> > and if time permits, integrate the NXP driver.
> >
> 
> I am absolutely OK with this.
> 
> Just a confirmation, though. Is it OK to have a broken test_pci.c (1) in 
> a series? It is not getting compiled by default, but it would definitely 
> not work if compiled (symbols are missing).

No, that's why I said "if possible" :).
I thought 1. was about improvements. But if it does not compile, it is
a must.


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