From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47B70282 for ; Wed, 10 May 2017 21:54:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5A642C04B302; Wed, 10 May 2017 19:54:41 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mx1.redhat.com 5A642C04B302 Authentication-Results: ext-mx07.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: ext-mx07.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=maxime.coquelin@redhat.com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 mx1.redhat.com 5A642C04B302 Received: from [10.36.112.16] (ovpn-112-16.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.112.16]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6160C7C129; Wed, 10 May 2017 19:54:40 +0000 (UTC) To: Gaetan Rivet , dev@dpdk.org References: <4b1edeb12ff61bdb04a0189be30395589c713dbb.1494420483.git.gaetan.rivet@6wind.com> <1bb0b4a6403e42157ef983f0ee63320ce87a3996.1494430911.git.gaetan.rivet@6wind.com> From: Maxime Coquelin Message-ID: <9584d5a8-3a45-b1bb-7eae-e7a74c6f2e4b@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 21:54:38 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1bb0b4a6403e42157ef983f0ee63320ce87a3996.1494430911.git.gaetan.rivet@6wind.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.31]); Wed, 10 May 2017 19:54:41 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] devargs: announce ABI change for device parameters 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: Wed, 10 May 2017 19:54:42 -0000 On 05/10/2017 05:46 PM, Gaetan Rivet wrote: > The PCI and virtual bus are planned to be moved to the generic > drivers/bus directory in v17.08. For this change to be possible, the EAL > must be made completely independent. > > The rte_devargs structure currently holds device representation internal > to those two busses. It must be made generic before this work can be > completed. > > Instead of using either a driver name for a vdev or a PCI address for a > PCI device, a devargs structure will have to be able to describe any > possible device on all busses, without introducing dependencies on > any bus-specific device representation. This will break the ABI for this > structure. > > Additionally, an evolution will occur regarding the device parsing > from the command-line. A user must be able to set which bus will handle > which device, and this setting is integral to the definition of a > device. > > The format has not yet been formally defined, but a proposition will > follow soon for a new command line parameter format for all devices. > > Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet I understand the change is necessary, so: Acked-by: Maxime Coquelin Looking forward for the proposal, I guess you already have some ideas that you could share? Thanks, Maxime