From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f44.google.com (mail-wm0-f44.google.com [74.125.82.44]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5CCF29D6 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 14:29:03 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f44.google.com with SMTP id f82so23870563wmf.1 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 05:29:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0C6CaL/PjuLFGhogcfZTLnQWLmXP1EGC3vJ/puO/4Bs=; b=PeO0Y/4yJW1D9drBAHWyhkoFLtIu8XccL2lN1vdjKqS2VXO1ykBOjID3DqsBQsnbUO RQVFDk1qmPLCp5tafkGt2XagmLAOH9NW+SCTM2tzAVeLwQCfoXwvFGjhMyxH9an29G+Y aVBOcePgTVf2LXXhkfl8vjNbiqCYIpM7IVtbdqO/l9wIJU8jdMynRDFAppQ3SaxcEHEg ZJSWDFm58NbTkD8KrHZ+Wy/G18unfAhNko734HsrRDtYmD/wGzCz90xQstSk6eZdA1u2 EEkSrbNO/yspBem+YGRPA2r1mvtIFBeE8FgCBA1Ms/6/JtrNSVoeg8nFpv23a/j7KJsH n1Pg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0C6CaL/PjuLFGhogcfZTLnQWLmXP1EGC3vJ/puO/4Bs=; b=hCB2Yyyp6YvDmsnq3cHA+J2clYdTJupPSpc4wu8zSIMWuCW4wHWm3GaBbVzHUTsTeD ZTGSdwF7p/AA9x/R7BKm53XMtNLvNgazZ2T2RK9nx2wlJxkzTcQIm5huXkcCdxgPfzLj /W+2TwO+PiPN7ic2SQSf4rnmV37+BMtD1EunOGDa7+OlUErNOUBbQZyefbUElgjL15x8 I4zYEHB0QrMVGhpDCUoWq6Csskl1Jk8xV9aOd3PJs7Fxc1WP2FhhDeDPP1N63Ga88C+w WGP4eTId7G08pF4Ii7+ahS6ddRo4rTnmw3+OeElKT7Q51B0n0G/IFExotYVbtiGJftip qFyQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC02SkoZajtOiM3TLnLVol+akSUN/A1Lun2m4s+o6/3QlT9cbF5m7Z2Yiq7vqHAmbyCYy X-Received: by 10.28.131.1 with SMTP id f1mr7700893wmd.43.1479907743255; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 05:29:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from xps13.localnet (guy78-3-82-239-227-177.fbx.proxad.net. [82.239.227.177]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id l67sm2778988wmf.20.2016.11.23.05.29.02 (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 23 Nov 2016 05:29:02 -0800 (PST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Jerin Jacob , Ferruh Yigit Cc: dev@dpdk.org, declan.doherty@intel.com, david.marchand@6wind.com Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 14:29:02 +0100 Message-ID: <3518071.fzfrLgvdRN@xps13> User-Agent: KMail/4.14.10 (Linux/4.5.4-1-ARCH; KDE/4.14.11; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <20161123000740.GA22068@svelivela-lt.caveonetworks.com> References: <1479628850-27202-1-git-send-email-jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com> <20161123000740.GA22068@svelivela-lt.caveonetworks.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: postpone vdev initialization X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:29:10 -0000 2016-11-23 05:37, Jerin Jacob: > On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 05:35:58PM +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > > On 11/21/2016 5:02 PM, Jerin Jacob wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 09:54:57AM +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > > >> This changes the port id assignments to the devices, right? > > >> > > >> Previously virtual devices get first available port ids (0..N1), later > > >> physical devices (N1..N2). Now this becomes reverse. > > >> > > >> Can this change break some existing user applications? > > > > > > I guess it may be effected only to ethdev bond pmd based application, > > > which is broken anyway. > > > > My concern is, this may effect the applications that use "--vdev" eal > > parameter and has an assumption about port assignment. > > Not sure. Application expectation on specific port assignment is bad anyway. > But in any event, what we do with exiting ethdev bond pmd failure. > > > > > And if this breaks any userspace application, does it require a > > deprecation notice? > > I am not sure. Thomas, Any input on this ? Is the expectation thought by Ferruh, written somewhere? If not, we can accept this change as is in this release.