[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ethdev: remove driver name from device private data

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 6/7/2017 5:11 PM, Jan Blunck wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 5:10 PM, Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com> wrote:
>> rte_driver->name has the driver name and all physical and virtual
>> devices has access to it.
>>
>> Previously it was not possible for virtual ethernet devices to access
>> rte_driver->name field (because eth_dev used to keep only pci_dev),
>> and it was required to save driver name in the device private struct.
>>
>> After re-works on bus and vdev, it is possible for all bus types to
>> access rte_driver.
>>
>> It is able to remove the driver name from ethdev device private data and
>> use eth_dev->device->driver->name.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
>> ---
>> Cc: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet at 6wind.com>
>> Cc: Jan Blunck <jblunck at infradead.org>
>>
>> v2:
>> * rebase on latest next-net
> 
> Acked-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck at infradead.org>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.