[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 22/23] ethdev: Decouple interrupt handling from PCI device

[Thomas Monjalon]

2016-12-21 16:09, Jan Blunck:
> The struct rte_intr_handle is an abstraction layer for different types of
> interrupt mechanisms. It is embedded in the low-level device (e.g. PCI).
> On allocation of a struct rte_eth_dev a reference to the intr_handle
> should be stored for devices supporting interrupts.
[...]
> --- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
> @@ -1629,6 +1629,7 @@ struct rte_eth_dev {
>  	const struct eth_driver *driver;/**< Driver for this device */
>  	const struct eth_dev_ops *dev_ops; /**< Functions exported by PMD */
>  	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev; /**< PCI info. supplied by probing */
> +	struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle; /**< Device interrupt handle */
>  	/** User application callbacks for NIC interrupts */
>  	struct rte_eth_dev_cb_list link_intr_cbs;
>  	/**

Why adding interrupt in ethdev?
Shouldn't it be a property of rte_device?