22/12/2017 04:17, Ferruh Yigit: > On 11/28/2017 2:13 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > When a PMD finishes probing, it creates the new port by calling > > the function rte_eth_dev_allocate(). > > A notification of the new port is sent there to the upper layer. > > > > When a PMD finishes removal of a port, it calls the function > > rte_eth_dev_release_port(). > > A notification of the destroyed port is sent there to the upper layer. > > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> > > Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@intel.com> > > > --- > > > > This patch depends on: > > - ethdev: remove useless parameter in callback process > > - ethdev: free a port by a dedicated API > > What do you think pulling that patch from port ownership patchset, which is > still under discussion, to this one? Is it required for port ownership one?
It can be used with port ownership, but they are two separate things.
