[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] pci: Add the class_id support in pci probe

[Richardson, Bruce]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 4:21 PM
> To: Yang, Ziye <ziye.yang at intel.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] pci: Add the class_id support in pci probe
> 
> On Wed, 11 May 2016 14:08:15 +0800
> Ziye Yang <ziye.yang at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > This patch is used to add the class_id (class_code, subclass_code,
> > programming_interface) support for pci_device probe. With this patch,
> > it will be flexible for users to probe a class of devices by class_id.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ziye Yang <ziye.yang at intel.com>
> 
> I like this, and it is necessary but since rte_pci_id is a visible data
> structure it causes ABI breakage.

A notice was published for this change in 16.04, so we should be ok ABI-wise.

/Bruce