2016-07-05 14:04, Ferruh Yigit: > On 7/4/2016 3:50 PM, Pablo de Lara wrote: > > +* 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. > > There is another API rte_eth_dev_attach(), which returns port_id, and is > a common wrapper both for pdev and vdev. > So with proper devargs this API calls rte_eal_vdev_init() and returns > port_id (set in argument) without any extra side effect.
I think rte_eth_dev_attach() should be removed from ethdev. Hotplugging a device belongs to device management, i.e. EAL.
