Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/2] bus/auxiliary: introduce auxiliary bus

2021-07-05 Thread Thomas Monjalon
05/07/2021 08:45, Xueming Li: > Auxiliary bus [1] provides a way to split function into child-devices > representing sub-domains of functionality. Each auxiliary device > represents a part of its parent functionality. > > Auxiliary device is identified by unique device name, sysfs path: > /sys/b

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/2] bus/auxiliary: introduce auxiliary bus

2021-07-05 Thread Andrew Rybchenko
On 7/5/21 5:57 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 05/07/2021 11:35, Andrew Rybchenko: >> On 7/5/21 12:30 PM, Xueming(Steven) Li wrote: >>> From: Andrew Rybchenko I still don't understand if we really need to make the API a part of stable API/ABI in the future. Can it be internal? >>> >>> Ther

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/2] bus/auxiliary: introduce auxiliary bus

2021-07-05 Thread Thomas Monjalon
05/07/2021 11:35, Andrew Rybchenko: > On 7/5/21 12:30 PM, Xueming(Steven) Li wrote: > > From: Andrew Rybchenko > >> I still don't understand if we really need to make the API a part of > >> stable API/ABI in the future. Can it be internal? > > > > There was some discussion on this with Thomas in

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/2] bus/auxiliary: introduce auxiliary bus

2021-07-05 Thread Andrew Rybchenko
On 7/5/21 12:30 PM, Xueming(Steven) Li wrote: > Hi Andrew, > >> -Original Message- >> From: Andrew Rybchenko >> Sent: Monday, July 5, 2021 5:19 PM >> To: Xueming(Steven) Li >> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Wang Haiyue ; NBU-Contact-Thomas >> Monjalon ; Kinsella Ray >> ; Parav Pandit ; Neil Horman

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/2] bus/auxiliary: introduce auxiliary bus

2021-07-05 Thread Xueming(Steven) Li
Hi Andrew, > -Original Message- > From: Andrew Rybchenko > Sent: Monday, July 5, 2021 5:19 PM > To: Xueming(Steven) Li > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Wang Haiyue ; NBU-Contact-Thomas > Monjalon ; Kinsella Ray > ; Parav Pandit ; Neil Horman > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 2/2] bus/auxiliary: introduce

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/2] bus/auxiliary: introduce auxiliary bus

2021-07-05 Thread Andrew Rybchenko
On 7/5/21 9:45 AM, Xueming Li wrote: > Auxiliary bus [1] provides a way to split function into child-devices > representing sub-domains of functionality. Each auxiliary device > represents a part of its parent functionality. > > Auxiliary device is identified by unique device name, sysfs path: >