In order to create a virtual device, user needs to call rte_eal_vdev_init generally, but this function returns 0 on success or negative number if error. Instead, something more useful would be to return the port or device id of the device created, so the user can call rte_eal_vdev_init function and use the device straight away, using the id returned by the function.
Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index f502f86..60cc7c7 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -41,3 +41,8 @@ Deprecation Notices * The mempool functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated and will be removed in 16.11. It is replaced by rte_mempool_generic_get/put functions. + +* The rte_eal_vdev_init function will be changed in 16.11 to return + the port/device id of the device created, instead of 0, when it has been + initialized successfully, so user can use the returned value straight away + to call all the device functions that require that parameter. -- 2.5.0
