2015-11-03 12:35, David Marchand:
> From: Maxime Leroy <maxime.leroy at 6wind.com>
>
> It can be useful for application to know if a port can be detached or not.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Leroy <maxime.leroy at 6wind.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at 6wind.com>
> ---
> lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c | 2 +-
> lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h | 12 ++++++++++++
> lib/librte_ether/rte_ether_version.map | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
> index ec1b632..373d29b 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
> @@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ rte_eth_dev_get_name_by_port(uint8_t port_id, char *name)
> return 0;
> }
>
> -static int
> +int
> rte_eth_dev_is_detachable(uint8_t port_id)
> {
> uint32_t drv_flags;
> diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
> index 7cf4af8..350733b 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
> @@ -1640,6 +1640,18 @@ int rte_eth_dev_attach(const char *devargs, uint8_t
> *port_id);
> */
> int rte_eth_dev_detach(uint8_t port_id, char *devname);
>
> +/**
> + * Check if an Ethernet device specified by port identifer is detachable.
> + *
> + * @param port_id
> + * The port identifier of the device to check if is detachable
> + *
> + * @return
> + * 1 if device is detachable, else 0
> + */
> +int
> +rte_eth_dev_is_detachable(uint8_t port_id);
After more thoughts, we do not need such function to query a capability.
The Bernard's patch add a bit-field to expose such capabilities.
So this patchset is rejected, sorry.
