[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/6] net/representor: Implement port representor PMD

[Remy Horton]

On 20/11/2017 07:46, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
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> Why we need this PMD?
> It looks like this has been used only for parameter parsing.
>
> Can it be possible to rte_representor_broker_init() will allocate ethdevs and
> fill brokers with this information?

Possible, but not sure it gains much in practice. It would require 
workarounds to avoid pulling in driver code dependencies (e.g. 
drivers/bus/vdev/rte_bus_vdev.h).