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

[Richardson, Bruce]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wiles, Keith
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2018 2:10 PM
> To: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>; dev <dev at dpdk.org>;
> Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara at intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce
> <bruce.richardson at intel.com>; De Lara Guarch, Pablo
> <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>; Hunt, David <david.hunt at intel.com>;
> Awal, Mohammad Abdul <mohammad.abdul.awal at intel.com>; thomas at monjalon.net;
> Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/9] usertools: add DPDK config lib python
> library
> 
> 
> 
> > On Nov 16, 2018, at 5:49 AM, Burakov, Anatoly
> <anatoly.burakov at intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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)
> 
> If it works on FreeBSD and Linux then I am all for it. On windows does it
> support this method too?
> >

Binding and unbinding is completely different on each OS. FreeBSD has no overlap
of scripts with Linux, so replacing some of our tools with driverctl won't affect
that OS.

/Bruce