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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 07/13] ethdev: add device matching field
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19/09/2018 18:03, Gaetan Rivet:
> The eth device class can now parse a field name,
> matching the eth_dev name with one passed as
> 
>    "class=eth,name=xxxxxx"

I am not sure what is the purpose of the "name" property.
I think we should not need it to choose a port by its ethdev name.
If you are thinking about a vdev, we can use the rte_device name (at bus level).