[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] net: remove dead driver names

2016-11-24 Thread Ferruh Yigit
On 11/21/2016 6:06 PM, David Marchand wrote: > Since commit b1fb53a39d88 ("ethdev: remove some PCI specific handling"), > rte_eth_dev_info_get() relies on dev->data->drv_name to report the driver > name to caller. > > Having the pmds set driver_info->driver_name in the pmds is useless, > since eth

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] net: remove dead driver names

2016-11-21 Thread David Marchand
Since commit b1fb53a39d88 ("ethdev: remove some PCI specific handling"), rte_eth_dev_info_get() relies on dev->data->drv_name to report the driver name to caller. Having the pmds set driver_info->driver_name in the pmds is useless, since ethdev overwrites it right after. The only thing the pmd mus