30/11/2017 22:21, Stephen Hemminger: > On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 18:35:11 +0100 > Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> wrote: > > > 30/11/2017 18:15, Stephen Hemminger: > > > Some thoughts. > > > 1) Not all devices are PCI; look at recent VMBUS > > > > Yes, we need a syntax which works for every devices. > > I suggest to use the prefix "pci:" before the PCI id. > > We need also a prefix and ids for NXP buses. > > We could use "vmbus:" before VMBUS ids. > > How VMBUS ids look like? > > > > > 2) The name may have to be set before MAC address is determined on boot. > > > > I don't understand this comment. > > Do you mean MAC may be unknown when starting DPDK? > > The MAC be known by the hardware, but the device would have to be > created before using hardware to read it.
Indeed, it is a problem if we want to use this syntax for blacklist. > > > 3) The names themselves are not persistent or human friendly. This is hard > > > see the effort udev goes to. > > > > Yes udev has a syntax to identify devices. It can be inspiring. > > Qemu may also be inspiring: > > https://github.com/qemu/qemu/blob/master/docs/qdev-device-use.txt
