[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: bus scan and probe never fail

[Thomas Monjalon]

11/10/2017 02:03, Don Provan:
> From: Shreyansh Jain [mailto:shreyansh.jain at nxp.com]
> > 
> > ...
> >
> > >  From the application's point of view, the potential error here
> > > is that the device it wants to use isn't available. I don't see that
> > > either the init function or the probe function will have enough
> > > information to understand that application-level problem, so
> > > they should leave it to the application to detect it.
> > 
> > I think I understand you comment but just want to cross check again:
> > Scan or probe error should simply be ignored by EAL layer and let the
> > application take stance when it detects that the device it was looking
> > for is missing. Is my understanding correct?
> > 
> > I am trying to come a conclusion so that this patch can either be
> > modified or pushed as it is. If the above understanding is correct, I
> > don't see any changes required in the patch.
> 
> Yes, I agree my comments support the patch as is.
> -don

Applied, thanks for the discussion