From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga17.intel.com (mga17.intel.com [192.55.52.151]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B01432B94 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:08:50 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: UNKNOWN X-Amp-Original-Verdict: FILE UNKNOWN X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga008.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.58]) by fmsmga107.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 16 Nov 2018 08:08:49 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.56,240,1539673200"; d="scan'208";a="87021493" Received: from bricha3-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.237.221.107]) by fmsmga008.fm.intel.com with SMTP; 16 Nov 2018 08:08:46 -0800 Received: by (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:08:46 +0000 Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:08:45 +0000 From: Bruce Richardson To: "Burakov, Anatoly" Cc: Thomas Monjalon , "Wiles, Keith" , Stephen Hemminger , dev , "Mcnamara, John" , "De Lara Guarch, Pablo" , "Hunt, David" , "Awal, Mohammad Abdul" , "Yigit, Ferruh" Message-ID: <20181116160845.GA17164@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <59AF69C657FD0841A61C55336867B5B0726E11E8@IRSMSX103.ger.corp.intel.com> <2017620.fyvpj9GtK5@xps> <31bc1c07-0c41-1a53-445b-3f56302e35a9@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <31bc1c07-0c41-1a53-445b-3f56302e35a9@intel.com> Organization: Intel Research and Development Ireland Ltd. User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/9] usertools: add DPDK config lib python library X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:08:51 -0000 On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 03:43:57PM +0000, Burakov, Anatoly wrote: > On 16-Nov-18 2:55 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 16/11/2018 15:37, Burakov, Anatoly: > > > On 16-Nov-18 2:13 PM, Richardson, Bruce wrote: > > > > From: Wiles, Keith > > > > > > On Nov 16, 2018, at 5:49 AM, Burakov, Anatoly > > > > > > On 16-Nov-18 12:45 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > > > > > Anatoly Burakov wrote: > > > > > > > > This is a placeholder for Python library abstracting away many of > > > > > > > > mundane details DPDK configuration scripts have to deal with. We > > > > > > > > need __init__.py file to make the subdirectory a package so that > > > > > > > > Python scripts in usertools/ can find their dependencies. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Doing this a better than current code, but can we go farther? > > > > > > > I would like DPDK to get out of doing binds directly and switch to > > > > > > > using driverctl which also handles persistent rebind on reboot. > > > > > > > > > > > > Wasn't the objection that it's not available everywhere? (for the > > > > > > record, i have no horse in the race - i don't much care exactly how > > > > > > it's done) > > > > > > > > > > If it works on FreeBSD and Linux then I am all for it. On windows does it > > > > > support this method too? > > > > > > > > Binding and unbinding is completely different on each OS. FreeBSD has no overlap > > > > of scripts with Linux, so replacing some of our tools with driverctl won't affect > > > > that OS. > > > > > > > > /Bruce > > > > > > ...however, we could abstract that away in our tools, and use > > > OS-appropriate tools independently of what we're running on. There could > > > still be value in fixing devbind everyone knows and love to work on all > > > OS's without too much hassle :) > > > > Yes, easier script is always better. > > > > Another thought, I would like we think about integrating binding/unbinding > > code inside EAL and bus drivers, and manage it via the PMDs. > > There could be an option to bind on scan and unbind on rte_dev_remove. > > > > I didn't like it back when it was a thing, and i don't particularly like > this idea now, to be honest. Port binding should not be under purview of the > application, but is firmly in the domain of system administrator IMO. I > don't think it's our place to change system configuration while we're > running. > I tend to agree. I think driverctl is the way to go here.