[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] examples: add a new example for link reset

[Ananyev, Konstantin]

Hi Wenzhuo,

 
> Hi Konstantin,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ananyev, Konstantin
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 8:25 AM
> > To: Lu, Wenzhuo; dev at dpdk.org
> > Cc: Lu, Wenzhuo
> > Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] examples: add a new example for link reset
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Wenzhuo Lu
> > > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 6:48 AM
> > > To: dev at dpdk.org
> > > Cc: Lu, Wenzhuo
> > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] examples: add a new example for link reset
> > >
> > > Add a new example to show when the PF is down and up, VF port can be
> > > reset and recover.
> >
> > Do we really need a totally new example for it?
> > Can't we put it in one of already existing ones?
> > Let say we have l3fwd-vf... wouldn't that suit your needs?
> > Konstantin
> I thought about just modifying an existing example. But I choose to add a new one at last. The benefit of a totally new example is we
> can make it simple enough and focus on the reset function.
> So it's easier for the users to find what we want to show. And it's also easier for us as we don't need to care about if our modification
> will break some function of the original example :)

I still think that adding a new example for esch new feature/function in rte_ethdev API iw way too expensive.
If your change is not good enough and will break original example, then you probably re-work your feature patch
to make it stable enough.
After all people will use it in their existing apps, not write the new ones right?
BTW, why not make it work with testpmd?
After all it is a new PMD api, an that's for we have our testpmd here?
Konstantin