30/06/2017 17:44, Jan Blunck: > On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Bruce Richardson > <bruce.richard...@intel.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 11:11:42AM +0200, Gaėtan Rivet wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 11:06:03AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > >> > 29/06/2017 20:22, Jan Blunck: > >> > > /** > >> > > + * Hotplug add a given device to a specific bus. > >> > > + * > >> > > + * @param busname > >> > > + * The bus name the device is added to. > >> > > + * @param devname > >> > > + * The device name. Based on this device name, eal will identify a > >> > > driver > >> > > + * capable of handling it and pass it to the driver probing > >> > > function. > >> > > + * @param devargs > >> > > + * Device arguments to be passed to the driver. > >> > > + * @return > >> > > + * 0 on success, negative on error. > >> > > + */ > >> > > +int rte_eal_hotplug_add(const char *busname, const char *devname, > >> > > + const char *devargs); > >> > > >> > After the hotplug, we may need to get the rte_device. > >> > Should we add a struct **rte_device as parameter, > >> > or should we add a helper function to get the rte_device > >> > from busname and devname? > >> > >> Also possible: return a struct *rte_device and set rte_errno on error. > >> > > +1 for this option. > > Given that the caller of this is usually something that injects events > from the system I wonder what it is going to do with a rte_device > reference. Additionally to what the caller knows anyway (name, > numa_node, devargs) it can check if a driver got assigned. Sure the > caller could upcast conditionally based on the busname ... > > At this point I guess the control plane would anyway want to get > access to a high-level object, e.g. the rte_ethdev. I believe it is > better to decouple this through callbacks that can get registered with > individual buses.
I think Gaetan has an example of use of rte_device after plugging with the failsafe PMD (managing slaves). Anyway, it can be discussed later with a real example of use if needed. We have a couple of weeks before freezing the API.
