[dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/9] usertools: add DPDK config lib python library

[Burakov, Anatoly]

On 16-Nov-18 12:45 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 15:47:13 +0000
> Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com> wrote:
> 
>> This is a placeholder for Python library abstracting away many of
>> mundane details DPDK configuration scripts have to deal with. We
>> need __init__.py file to make the subdirectory a package so that
>> Python scripts in usertools/ can find their dependencies.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
>> ---
>>   usertools/DPDKConfigLib/__init__.py | 0
>>   1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>   create mode 100644 usertools/DPDKConfigLib/__init__.py
>>
>> diff --git a/usertools/DPDKConfigLib/__init__.py b/usertools/DPDKConfigLib/__init__.py
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000..e69de29bb
> 
> Doing this a better than current code, but can we go farther?
> 
> I would like DPDK to get out of doing binds directly and switch to using driverctl
> which also handles persistent rebind on reboot.
> 

Wasn't the objection that it's not available everywhere? (for the 
record, i have no horse in the race - i don't much care exactly how it's 
done)

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Thanks,
Anatoly