On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 10:35 AM David Marchand
<david.march...@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Can't this application use rte_dev_remove and rte_dev_probe?
> > > > > > If not, we should add the missing parts in the API.
> > > > > >
> > > > > Both rte_dev_remove and rte_dev_probe need rte_device pointer. In
> > > > > this application, it only know the device's PCI address, is there an
> > > > > existing API
> > > to get the rte_pci_device pointer by its PCI address ?
> > > >
> > > > rte_dev_probe takes a devargs string as input.
> > > > int rte_dev_probe(const char *devargs);
> > > >
> > > > You need the rte_device for removing which can be retrieved from
> > > > rte_rawdev_info_get.
> > >
> > > Additionnaly, rte_eal_hotplug_{add,remove} do the same jobs, but with an
> > > easier(?) interface.
> > >
> > >
> > I checked rte_eal_hotplug_{add,remove}, they should meet my requirements,
> > thanks a lot.
>
> Cool, thanks.
So it seems there is nothing blocking for this API change.
Could you ack the deprecation notice?
Thanks.
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David Marchand
