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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] i40e: Steps and required configurations of how to
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Hi Helin,

2014-09-19 03:43, Zhang, Helin:
> My idea on it could be,
> 1.       Write a script to use =E2=80=98setpci=E2=80=99 to configure =
pci configuration.
> End user can decide which PCI device needs to be changed.
> 2.       Add code to change that PCI configuration in i40e PMD only, =
as
> it seems nobody else need it till now.

The second solution seems better because more integrated and automatic.=

But I would like to have some EAL functions to access to PCI configurat=
ion.
These functions would have Linux and BSD implementations.
Then the PMD could change the configuration if it's allowed by a run-ti=
me
option and would notify the change with a warning/log.

Thanks for keeping us notified of your progress.
--=20
Thomas