[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: postpone vdev initialization

[Thomas Monjalon]

2016-11-23 05:37, Jerin Jacob:
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 05:35:58PM +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> > On 11/21/2016 5:02 PM, Jerin Jacob wrote:
> > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 09:54:57AM +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> > >> This changes the port id assignments to the devices, right?
> > >>
> > >> Previously virtual devices get first available port ids (0..N1), later
> > >> physical devices (N1..N2). Now this becomes reverse.
> > >>
> > >> Can this change break some existing user applications?
> > > 
> > > I guess it may be effected only to ethdev bond pmd based application,
> > > which is broken anyway.
> > 
> > My concern is, this may effect the applications that use "--vdev" eal
> > parameter and has an assumption about port assignment.
> 
> Not sure. Application expectation on specific port assignment is bad anyway.
> But in any event, what we do with exiting ethdev bond pmd failure.
> 
> > 
> > And if this breaks any userspace application, does it require a
> > deprecation notice?
> 
> I am not sure. Thomas, Any input on this ?

Is the expectation thought by Ferruh, written somewhere?
If not, we can accept this change as is in this release.