31/07/2017 16:58, Dirk-Holger Lenz: > If dpdk is built with 'CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB=y' then > using the vdev feature (args: e.g. -c 3 -n 4 --vdev="crypto_openssl") > the rte_eal_init() returns 'ERROR: failed to parse device "crypto_openssl"'. > It looks to me that rte_eal_devargs_add() calling rte_eal_devargs_parse() > is trying to check the device name before the shared libraries are read > and the internal data arrays are setup.
Yes, you're right: eal_parse_args() is called before eal_plugins_init(). The fix is not small: we should split the args parsing to parse the device arguments after loading shared libraries. It is a release blocker.
