Hi Nipun and all, Introducing new rte_vfio_get_device_info api in EAL to support getting information about devices. Could you provide some suggestions?
Thanks, Mingjin > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 8:12 AM > To: Ye, MingjinX <mingjinx...@intel.com> > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Yang, Qiming <qiming.y...@intel.com>; > sta...@dpdk.org; Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.bura...@intel.com> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfio: add get device info API > > On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 10:48:16 +0000 > Mingjin Ye <mingjinx...@intel.com> wrote: > > > +/** > > + * Get device information > > + * > > + * This function is only relevant to linux and will return > > + * an error on BSD. > > + * > > + * @param sysfs_base > > + * sysfs path prefix. > > + * > > + * @param dev_addr > > + * device location. > > + * > > + * @param vfio_dev_fd > > + * VFIO fd. > > + * > > + * @param device_info > > + * Device information. > > + * > > + * @return > > + * 0 on success. > > + * <0 on failure. > > + */ > > +int > > +rte_vfio_get_device_info(const char *sysfs_base, const char *dev_addr, > > + int *vfio_dev_fd, struct vfio_device_info > *device_info); > > New api's must be experimental. > Or is this just internal? New api is experimental.
