On Fri, 3 Mar 2017 16:40:25 +0100 Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.ri...@6wind.com> wrote:
> This device state means that the device is managed externally, by > whichever party has set this state (PMD or application). > > Note: this new device state is only an information. The related device > structure and operators are still valid and can be used normally. > > It is however made private by device management helpers within ethdev, > making the device invisible to applications. > --- > lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c | 3 ++- > lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h | 1 + > 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Might be better to introduce RFC2863 operational states. This is something management tools might want.
