-----Original Message----- From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monja...@6wind.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 2:51 PM To: Lu, Patrick Cc: dev at dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] Add an API to query enabled core index
Hi, 2014-06-11 13:45, Patrick Lu: > EAL -c option allows the user to enable any lcore in the system. > Oftentimes, the user app wants to know 1st enabled core, 2nd enabled > core, etc, rather than phyical core ID (rte_lcore_id().) > > The new API rte_lcore_id2() will return an index from enabled lcores > starting from zero. I think core_id2 is not a representative name. What do you think of renaming core_id as lcore_hwid and core_id2 as lcore_index? -- Thomas I think this is a good idea. Except core_id is used in 13 other places. Should I resubmit the patch with core_id renamed it lcore_hwid? Patrick
