In case of application build with shared library mode unless option '-d' is passed, poll mode driver for devices is not initialized. Notifying the user just after rte_eal_init is pro active way of intimating the user.
Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.vargh...@intel.com> --- Changes in V2: - updated the exit message - Reshma --- app/pdump/main.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/app/pdump/main.c b/app/pdump/main.c index f6865bd..203faa3 100644 --- a/app/pdump/main.c +++ b/app/pdump/main.c @@ -863,6 +863,9 @@ struct parse_val { if (diag < 0) rte_panic("Cannot init EAL\n"); + if (rte_eth_dev_count() == 0) + rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "No Ethernet ports - bye\n"); + argc -= diag; argv += (diag - 3); -- 1.9.1