On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 01:44:00PM +0200, David Marchand wrote: > Following discussions with Jan [1] and some cleanup I started on pci code, > here is a patchset that reworks pdev drivers registration and hotplug api. > > The structures changes mentioned in [1] are still to be done, but at least, > I think we are one step closer to it. > > Before this patchset, rte_driver .init semantics differed whether it > concerned a pdev or a vdev driver: > - for vdev, it actually meant that a devargs is given to the driver so > that it creates ethdev / crypto objects, so it was a probing action > - for pdev, it only registered the driver triggering no ethdev / crypto > objects > > From my pov, eal hotplug api introduced in this patchset still needs more > work so that it does not need to know about devargs. So a new devargs api > is needed. > > Changes since v1: > - rebased on HEAD, new drivers should be okay > - patches have been split into smaller pieces > - RTE_INIT macro has been added, but in the end, I am not sure it is useful > - device type has been removed from ethdev, as it was used only by hotplug > - getting rid of pmd type in eal patch (patch 5 of initial series) has been > dropped for now, we can do this once vdev drivers have been converted > > [1] http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-January/031390.html > > Regards, > -- > David Marchand > Nice, David. Looks to be some good improvements in there!
/Bruce
