12/03/2021 11:29, oulijun: > 2021/3/10 15:59, Thomas Monjalon: > > 10/03/2021 02:48, oulijun: > >> Can we add an API such as rte_eth_get_device(pord_id) > >> > >> for example: > >> struct rte_eth_dev * > >> rte_eth_get_device(uint16_t port_id) > >> { > >> return &rte_eth_devices[port_id]; > >> } > > An application is not supposed to access the struct rte_eth_dev. > > Which info do you need from this struct? > > Applications cannot directly access the global variable > rte_eth_devices[]. To obtain information about rte_eth_dev, they need to > access the global variable through APIs instead of directly.
That's not the question. Which device info do you need, which is not already provided by one of the function rte_eth_*info* ? rte_eth_dev_get_dcb_info rte_eth_dev_get_reg_info rte_eth_dev_info_get rte_eth_rx_queue_info_get rte_eth_tx_queue_info_get rte_eth_dev_get_module_info