-----Original Message----- > Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 17:01:28 +0530 > From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavat...@caviumnetworks.com> > To: jerin.ja...@caviumnetworks.com, gaetan.ri...@6wind.com, > tho...@monjalon.net > Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavat...@caviumnetworks.com> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal/devargs: add option to supply pci dev args > X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 > > Currently, the only way of supplying device argument to a pci device is > to whitelist it i.e. -w 000X:00:0X.0,self_test=1. This is not a very > feasible method as whitelisting a device has its own side effects.
I think, it would good, if we describe the side effects. > > Add a new eal command line option --pci-args to pass device args without > the need to whitelist the devices. > > Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavat...@caviumnetworks.com> > --- > lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c | 3 +++ > lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c | 7 +++++++ > lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h | 2 ++ > lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h | 1 + > lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h | 1 + Missed to update the eal documentation.
