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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: "Burakov, Anatoly" <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
Cc: "Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
	"Wiles, Keith" <keith.wiles@intel.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
	dev <dev@dpdk.org>, "Mcnamara, John" <john.mcnamara@intel.com>,
	"De Lara Guarch, Pablo" <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>,
	"Hunt, David" <david.hunt@intel.com>,
	"Awal, Mohammad Abdul" <mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com>,
	"Yigit, Ferruh" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/9] usertools: add DPDK config lib python library
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:58:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <46740342.DiogZ73Asx@xps> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <31bc1c07-0c41-1a53-445b-3f56302e35a9@intel.com>

16/11/2018 16:43, Burakov, Anatoly:
> 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 <anatoly.burakov@intel.com> 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 <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 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.

Yes I agree, administration should be done separately.
However, there are 3 scenarios to manage properly:
	- hotplug: can it be configured in advance?
	- dynamically release device to kernel
	- some drivers can share a device with the kernel

  reply	other threads:[~2018-11-16 15:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-06-25 15:59 [dpdk-dev] [RFC 0/9] Modularize and enhance DPDK Python scripts Anatoly Burakov
2018-06-25 15:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 1/9] usertools: add DPDK config lib python library Anatoly Burakov
2018-06-25 15:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 2/9] usertools/lib: add platform info library Anatoly Burakov
2018-06-25 15:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 3/9] usertools/cpu_layout: rewrite to use DPDKConfigLib Anatoly Burakov
2018-06-25 15:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 4/9] usertools/lib: support FreeBSD for platform info Anatoly Burakov
2018-06-25 15:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 5/9] usertools/lib: add device information library Anatoly Burakov
2018-06-25 15:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 6/9] usertools/devbind: switch to using DPDKConfigLib Anatoly Burakov
2018-06-25 15:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 7/9] usertools/lib: add hugepage information library Anatoly Burakov
2018-06-25 15:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 8/9] usertools: add hugepage info script Anatoly Burakov
2018-06-25 15:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 9/9] usertools/lib: add GRUB utility library for hugepage config Anatoly Burakov
2018-06-26  1:09   ` Kevin Wilson
2018-06-26  9:05     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-08-14 10:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 0/9] Modularize and enhance DPDK Python scripts Burakov, Anatoly
2018-08-28  8:16   ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-11-15 15:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 " Anatoly Burakov
2018-11-15 15:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/9] usertools: add DPDK config lib python library Anatoly Burakov
2018-11-16  0:45   ` Stephen Hemminger
2018-11-16 11:49     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-11-16 14:09       ` Wiles, Keith
2018-11-16 14:13         ` Richardson, Bruce
2018-11-16 14:37           ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-11-16 14:55             ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-11-16 15:41               ` Wiles, Keith
2018-11-16 15:43               ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-11-16 15:58                 ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2018-11-16 16:10                   ` Bruce Richardson
2018-11-16 16:08                 ` Bruce Richardson
2018-11-16 15:38             ` Wiles, Keith
2018-11-15 15:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 2/9] usertools/lib: add platform info library Anatoly Burakov
2018-11-15 15:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 3/9] usertools/cpu_layout: rewrite to use DPDKConfigLib Anatoly Burakov
2018-11-15 15:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 4/9] usertools/lib: support FreeBSD for platform info Anatoly Burakov
2018-11-15 15:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 5/9] usertools/lib: add device information library Anatoly Burakov
2018-11-15 15:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 6/9] usertools/devbind: switch to using DPDKConfigLib Anatoly Burakov
2018-11-15 15:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 7/9] usertools/lib: add hugepage information library Anatoly Burakov
2018-11-15 15:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 8/9] usertools: add hugepage info script Anatoly Burakov
2018-11-15 15:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 9/9] usertools/lib: add GRUB utility library for hugepage config Anatoly Burakov

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