[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 3/9] pci: split match and probe function

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Wed Jan 18 00:31:36 CET 2017


2017-01-17 19:07, Shreyansh Jain:
> +static int
> +rte_eal_pci_detach_dev(struct rte_pci_driver *dr,
> +               struct rte_pci_device *dev)
> +{
> +       int ret;
> +       struct rte_pci_addr *loc;
> +
> +       if ((dr == NULL) || (dev == NULL))
> +               return -EINVAL;
> +
> +       ret = rte_pci_match(dr, dev);

I do not understand this function.
The driver should be known by the device at this stage.
Why specifying a driver as parameter?

I know it is not new in this series, but
pci_detach_all_drivers(struct rte_pci_device *dev) makes no sense to me.


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