[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: update description for functions

Vipin Varghese vipin.varghese at intel.com
Thu May 17 12:59:02 CEST 2018


Change adds extra information on name parameter for API
rte_eth_dev_get_name_by_port and rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name.

Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese at intel.com>
---
 lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
index f8815e9..7387686 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
@@ -3657,7 +3657,10 @@ rte_eth_dev_l2_tunnel_offload_set(uint16_t port_id,
 
 /**
 * Get the port id from pci address or device name
-* Ex: 0000:2:00.0 or vdev name net_pcap0
+* Ex:
+* - PCIe, 0000:2:00.0
+* - SoC, fslgmac0
+* - vdev driver name, net_pcap0
 *
 * @param name
 *  pci address or name of the device
@@ -3672,6 +3675,10 @@ rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name(const char *name, uint16_t *port_id);
 
 /**
 * Get the device name from port id
+* Ex:
+* - PCIe Bus:Domian:Function, 0000:02:00.0
+* - SoC device name, fslgmac0
+* - VDEV driver name, net_pcap0, net_null0, net_tun0 or net_tap0
 *
 * @param port_id
 *   Port identifier of the device.
-- 
2.7.4



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