From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93])
 by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 943BD936A
 for <dev@dpdk.org>; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 20:13:13 +0100 (CET)
Received: from fmsmga003.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.29])
 by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 26 Jan 2016 11:13:12 -0800
X-ExtLoop1: 1
X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.22,351,1449561600"; d="scan'208";a="641774120"
Received: from bricha3-mobl3.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.34.202.20])
 by FMSMGA003.fm.intel.com with SMTP; 26 Jan 2016 11:13:11 -0800
Received: by  (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:13:11 -0700
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:13:11 -0800
From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: "Van Haaren, Harry" <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>
Message-ID: <20160126191310.GA19208@bricha3-MOBL3>
References: <1453296322-1210-1-git-send-email-harry.van.haaren@intel.com>
 <533710CFB86FA344BFBF2D6802E6028622F1E7EA@SHSMSX101.ccr.corp.intel.com>
 <E923DB57A917B54B9182A2E928D00FA6128611D7@IRSMSX102.ger.corp.intel.com>
 <20160122173747.GB13424@bricha3-MOBL3>
 <E923DB57A917B54B9182A2E928D00FA612861F02@IRSMSX102.ger.corp.intel.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <E923DB57A917B54B9182A2E928D00FA612861F02@IRSMSX102.ger.corp.intel.com>
Organization: Intel Shannon Ltd.
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12)
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: add function to check if primary proc
 alive
X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15
Precedence: list
List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK <dev.dpdk.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://dpdk.org/ml/options/dev>,
 <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/>
List-Post: <mailto:dev@dpdk.org>
List-Help: <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://dpdk.org/ml/listinfo/dev>,
 <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:13:14 -0000

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 11:44:59AM +0000, Van Haaren, Harry wrote:
> > From: Richardson, Bruce
> > The details of what the config file is should largely be hidden from the user
> > IMHO.
> 
> Agreed, however hiding it totally removes the flexibility of waiting for a primary
> that is starting with --file-prefix (aka: in a non-default location). Imposing
> a limit on only monitoring primary procs in the default location seems wrong.
> 

But the secondary also needs the same prefix. Is that prefix not accessible by
this function to be used?

/Bruce