From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 104F2439FA; Mon, 29 Jan 2024 08:55:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ECCF40A6E; Mon, 29 Jan 2024 08:55:46 +0100 (CET) Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5697406FF for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2024 08:55:44 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1706514944; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=Rj00Sfz1pXqQdgMgeI+nkT/quS6Oxx58CcpW75/DIk4=; b=gcF0oi8jY3H9PefqPCNC0BhVLA5N72rXcdAjVL+9RCWB3TguWqxtB5V5hjELrFXq5XeZCX AZ4K4kb6HaV1v3JUp6/rxxhSr6+hDckthsOoe8hxlx4WLuGwDJ+GxCvavS/mYfCh0wW68p sG99n6y/0OBqbdDbFfsa2T7o9G324e4= Received: from mail-lf1-f70.google.com (mail-lf1-f70.google.com [209.85.167.70]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-489-U3-32tsFMFOlBRGGu2DkRA-1; Mon, 29 Jan 2024 02:55:40 -0500 X-MC-Unique: U3-32tsFMFOlBRGGu2DkRA-1 Received: by mail-lf1-f70.google.com with SMTP id 2adb3069b0e04-5101b789818so1507863e87.3 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2024 23:55:40 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1706514939; x=1707119739; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=Rj00Sfz1pXqQdgMgeI+nkT/quS6Oxx58CcpW75/DIk4=; b=iY3Kh5v2q04fKr49Sa7uyd3DnAKQKS3KdoDQ/92qScS8cJ+3N+q8S2T/Jjx2zGCiL3 rHrf2guqY0c2+RWyjCsk+rl18DEuFpywwMRI060wS4MqCzl9WyoF8HDI6hJWdxnBT6X9 34qimu1EqVL4BBN3yiYrgEqSvDOk5JG8ws/XEFfNgn/Piz5If7Jbi1ajU5egEVrCJXw2 naklLeCsk38WSSp/NTqSyIeh9wvKn880cBDydvoP+n2Js7XGAm4ekTkE6dGKKPBL46LR sN2wYh9Up7eAs0Of3PgBPrT1a6yTQlRrzRf4dWbWmpFfSOInzMG8Wa+b09DDEiFGscUf Nugw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Ywe56v799Jz7Ibu65AP+vTvV+/aONzrx4k2TxTZsVX317zSQx5D BATWGnTolnAucXIFeqhQsXHVdYnIwDcrVP+jYWphHJgISU5LIzk6aPeJLpGbkun4d/42Fw5rq81 /9yXoYTHS9gzc11CYr7VbsXZi5mqOk/KPYr+QGd+0Za4k8n18Ux5kVVF/qJIdGlK6Ye+plieT7n TgxQsaoAs7dNnd4f8= X-Received: by 2002:ac2:5199:0:b0:511:9db:e0c8 with SMTP id u25-20020ac25199000000b0051109dbe0c8mr1870309lfi.6.1706514939326; Sun, 28 Jan 2024 23:55:39 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEHJlJBdd5KpI+y1M8/yzS3VFSybns56Du+F0UzdmJJG2SpDIqF6Hvv68kG8egTiLfN0IKDpeQcHgA0C5KmOM0= X-Received: by 2002:ac2:5199:0:b0:511:9db:e0c8 with SMTP id u25-20020ac25199000000b0051109dbe0c8mr1870298lfi.6.1706514939032; Sun, 28 Jan 2024 23:55:39 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1706103911-6907-1-git-send-email-rahulgupt@linux.microsoft.com> <20240129053508.GB6963@microsoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20240129053508.GB6963@microsoft.com> From: David Marchand Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 08:55:27 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] eal: refactor rte_eal_init into sub-functions To: Rahul Gupta Cc: dev@dpdk.org, thomas@monjalon.net, bruce.richardson@intel.com, dmitry.kozliuk@gmail.com, stephen@networkplumber.org, sovaradh@linux.microsoft.com, okaya@kernel.org, sujithsankar@microsoft.com, sowmini.varadhan@microsoft.com, krathinavel@microsoft.com, rahulrgupta27@gmail.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 6:35=E2=80=AFAM Rahul Gupta wrote: > > Looking at what this patch does.. I am under the impression all you > > really need is rte_eal_init without initial probing. > > Such behavior can probably be achieved with a allowlist set to a non > > existing device (like for example "-a 0000:00:00.0"), then later, use > > device hotplug. > The patch will be useful to all the adapters irrespective of their > host plug support. I did not say hotplug support is needed. If what I described already works, this patch adds nothing. --=20 David Marchand