<snip> > > 02/11/2023 18:28, Bruce Richardson: > > Add a new small library to make it easier for apps to work with > > cmdline arguments and build up args to use when initializing EAL. > > > > This library is optional, and can be disabled at build time using the > > disable libraries meson option. > > This is an optional helper, so why not. > > Another help for applications would be to allow initializing DPDK without the > need of passing or building argc/argv arguments. > I think we could add new functions rte_eal_init_*(). > Example: > rte_eal_init_prepare() > rte_eal_init_memory(memory parameters) > rte_eal_init_devices(devargs) > rte_eal_init_threads() > > It should be possible to rebuild rte_eal_init() using above smaller functions > to > keep the big old rte_eal_init with argc/argv for compatibility. We have to ensure these new APIs and argc/argv are in sync in future changes. For ex: if we add a new parameter to the API, we need a new argv. This is not a problem, but we have to do this manually.
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