From: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
To: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>,
Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 0/5] Implement pmd hardware support exports
Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 07:27:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160525112726.GA14322@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5bf42f04-f7ce-7e01-71d5-0a1b96877b4f@redhat.com>
On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 11:32:06AM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> On 05/24/2016 10:41 PM, Neil Horman wrote:
> > Hey all-
> > So heres attempt number 2 at a method for exporting PMD hardware support
> > information. As we discussed previously, the consensus seems to be that pmd
> > information should be:
> >
> > 1) Able to be interrogated on any ELF binary (application binary or individual
> > DSO)
> > 2) Equally functional on statically linked applications or on DSO's
> > 3) Resilient to symbol stripping
> > 4) Script friendly
> > 5) Show kernel dependencies
> > 6) List driver options
> > 7) Show driver name
> > 8) Offer human readable output
> > 9) Show DPDK version
> > 10) Show driver version
> > 11) Allow for expansion
> > 12) Not place additional build environment dependencies on an application
> >
> [...]
> > v4)
> > * Modified the operation of the -p option. As much as I don't like implying
> > that autoloaded pmds are guaranteed to be there at run time, I'm having a hard
> > time seeing how we can avoid specifying the application file to scan for the
> > autoload directory. Without it we can't determine which library the user means
> > in a multiversion installation
> > * Cleaned up the help text
> > * Added a rule for an install target for pmdinfo
> > * Guarded against some tracebacks in pmdinfo
> > * Use DT_NEEDED entries to get versioned libraries in -p mode
>
> Thank you! That's exactly what I've been asking for all along.
>
Well, don't thank me, I'm not a big fan of it, I just don't see a way around it
at this point, not without some heuristic thats going to be wrong half the time.
> > * Fixed traceback that occurs on lack of input arguments
> > * Fixed some erroneous macro usage in drivers that aren't in the default build
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
> > CC: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> > CC: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
> > CC: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> > CC: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>
>
> /me happy now, so:
>
> Acked-by: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>
>
thanks
Neil
> As always there might be some refining to do as we get more experience with
> it but it seems like a fine starting point to me.
>
> - Panu -
>
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2016-05-16 20:41 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/4] " Neil Horman
2016-05-16 20:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/4] pmdinfo: Add buildtools and pmdinfo utility Neil Horman
2016-05-16 20:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/4] drivers: Update driver registration macro usage Neil Horman
2016-05-16 20:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/4] Makefile: Do post processing on objects that register a driver Neil Horman
2016-05-16 20:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] pmd_hw_support.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw support information Neil Horman
2016-05-18 11:48 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-05-18 12:03 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-18 12:48 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-05-18 13:48 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-19 6:08 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-05-19 13:26 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-20 7:30 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-05-20 14:06 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-23 11:56 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-05-23 13:55 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-24 6:15 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-05-24 14:55 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-18 12:38 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-05-18 13:09 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-05-18 13:26 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-05-18 13:54 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-18 21:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv2 0/4] Implement pmd hardware support exports Neil Horman
2016-05-18 21:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv2 1/4] pmdinfogen: Add buildtools and pmdinfogen utility Neil Horman
2016-05-19 7:51 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-05-19 12:00 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-18 21:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv2 2/4] drivers: Update driver registration macro usage Neil Horman
2016-05-19 7:58 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-05-19 10:45 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-19 10:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-dev, PATCHv2, " Jan Viktorin
[not found] ` <20160519124650.060aa09a@pcviktorin.fit.vutbr.cz>
2016-05-19 11:40 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-18 21:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv2 3/4] Makefile: Do post processing on objects that register a driver Neil Horman
2016-05-18 21:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv2 4/4] pmdinfo.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw and other support information Neil Horman
2016-05-19 9:02 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-05-19 12:00 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-20 5:22 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-05-20 8:55 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-05-20 9:12 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-05-20 14:22 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-20 14:20 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-20 17:24 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv3 0/5] Implement pmd hardware support exports Neil Horman
2016-05-20 17:24 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv3 1/5] pmdinfogen: Add buildtools and pmdinfogen utility Neil Horman
2016-05-20 17:24 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv3 2/5] drivers: Update driver registration macro usage Neil Horman
2016-05-24 6:57 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-05-24 13:21 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-20 17:24 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv3 3/5] eal: Add an export symbol to expose the autoload path to external tools Neil Horman
2016-05-20 17:24 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv3 4/5] Makefile: Do post processing on objects that register a driver Neil Horman
2016-05-20 17:24 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv3 5/5] pmdinfo.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw and other support information Neil Horman
2016-05-24 7:41 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-05-24 15:17 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-24 8:34 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-05-24 19:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 0/5] Implement pmd hardware support exports Neil Horman
2016-05-24 19:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 1/5] pmdinfogen: Add buildtools and pmdinfogen utility Neil Horman
2016-05-25 13:21 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-05-25 17:22 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-25 17:39 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-05-25 19:13 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-25 19:39 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-05-25 19:57 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-24 19:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 2/5] drivers: Update driver registration macro usage Neil Horman
2016-05-25 16:20 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-05-25 17:35 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-24 19:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 3/5] eal: Add an export symbol to expose the autoload path to external tools Neil Horman
2016-05-24 19:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 4/5] Makefile: Do post processing on objects that register a driver Neil Horman
2016-05-25 17:08 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-05-25 17:40 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-25 18:56 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-05-25 19:43 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-25 20:04 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-05-25 20:16 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-24 19:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 5/5] pmdinfo.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw and other support information Neil Horman
2016-05-25 17:22 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-05-25 17:47 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-25 18:58 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-05-27 9:16 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-05-27 11:35 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-27 12:46 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-05-25 8:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 0/5] Implement pmd hardware support exports Panu Matilainen
2016-05-25 11:27 ` Neil Horman [this message]
2016-05-26 17:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv5 0/6] " Neil Horman
2016-05-26 17:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv5 1/6] pmdinfogen: Add buildtools and pmdinfogen utility Neil Horman
2016-05-26 17:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv5 2/6] drivers: Update driver registration macro usage Neil Horman
2016-05-26 17:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv5 3/6] eal: Add an export symbol to expose the autoload path to external tools Neil Horman
2016-05-26 17:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv5 4/6] Makefile: Do post processing on objects that register a driver Neil Horman
2016-05-26 17:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv5 5/6] pmdinfo.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw and other support information Neil Horman
2016-05-27 14:38 ` Mcnamara, John
2016-05-27 19:56 ` Neil Horman
2016-05-26 17:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv5 6/6] remove rte.hostapp.mk Neil Horman
2016-05-31 13:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv6 0/7] Implement pmd hardware support exports Neil Horman
2016-05-31 13:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv6 1/7] pmdinfogen: Add buildtools and pmdinfogen utility Neil Horman
2016-06-07 9:57 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-07 12:04 ` Neil Horman
2016-06-07 12:53 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-07 13:03 ` Neil Horman
2016-06-07 13:24 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-07 13:49 ` Neil Horman
2016-06-07 14:09 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-05-31 13:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv6 2/7] drivers: Update driver registration macro usage Neil Horman
2016-05-31 13:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv6 3/7] eal: Add an export symbol to expose the autoload path to external tools Neil Horman
2016-05-31 13:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv6 4/7] Makefile: Do post processing on objects that register a driver Neil Horman
2016-05-31 13:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv6 5/7] pmdinfo.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw and other support information Neil Horman
2016-05-31 13:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv6 6/7] remove rte.hostapp.mk Neil Horman
2016-05-31 13:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv6 7/7] doc: Add prog_guide section documenting pmdinfo script Neil Horman
2016-06-08 17:14 ` Mcnamara, John
2016-06-09 17:31 ` Neil Horman
2016-06-05 0:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv6 0/7] Implement pmd hardware support exports Neil Horman
2016-06-07 9:34 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-07 12:08 ` Neil Horman
2016-06-07 12:27 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-09 17:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv7 0/6] " Neil Horman
2016-06-09 17:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv7 1/6] pmdinfogen: Add buildtools and pmdinfogen utility Neil Horman
2016-06-16 12:29 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-06-16 13:33 ` Neil Horman
2016-06-16 14:06 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-06-16 14:41 ` Neil Horman
2016-06-09 17:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv7 2/6] drivers: Update driver registration macro usage Neil Horman
2016-06-09 17:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv7 3/6] eal: Add an export symbol to expose the autoload path to external tools Neil Horman
2016-06-09 17:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv7 4/6] Makefile: Do post processing on objects that register a driver Neil Horman
2016-06-09 17:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv7 5/6] pmdinfo.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw and other support information Neil Horman
2016-06-16 12:32 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-06-09 17:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv7 6/6] doc: Add prog_guide section documenting pmdinfo script Neil Horman
2016-06-09 19:55 ` Mcnamara, John
2016-06-17 18:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv8 0/6] Implement pmd hardware support exports Neil Horman
2016-06-17 18:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv8 1/6] pmdinfogen: Add buildtools and pmdinfogen utility Neil Horman
2016-06-17 18:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv8 2/6] drivers: Update driver registration macro usage Neil Horman
2016-07-07 11:00 ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2016-07-07 11:39 ` Neil Horman
2016-07-07 15:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] crypto: normalize cryptodev pmd names with macros Neil Horman
2016-07-08 9:09 ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2016-07-08 12:17 ` Neil Horman
2016-07-08 12:40 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-08 13:42 ` Neil Horman
2016-07-08 19:03 ` Mcnamara, John
2016-07-09 13:34 ` Neil Horman
2016-07-09 16:04 ` Mcnamara, John
2016-07-08 14:00 ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2016-07-08 14:14 ` Neil Horman
2016-07-08 10:03 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-08 16:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] " Pablo de Lara
2016-07-08 16:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] " Pablo de Lara
2016-07-08 17:14 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-17 18:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv8 3/6] eal: Add an export symbol to expose the autoload path to external tools Neil Horman
2016-06-17 18:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv8 4/6] Makefile: Do post processing on objects that register a driver Neil Horman
2016-06-17 18:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv8 5/6] pmdinfo.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw and other support information Neil Horman
2016-06-29 15:12 ` Remy Horton
2016-06-29 16:18 ` Neil Horman
2016-06-30 7:45 ` Remy Horton
2016-06-17 18:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv8 6/6] doc: Add prog_guide section documenting pmdinfo script Neil Horman
2016-06-29 9:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv8 0/6] Implement pmd hardware support exports Remy Horton
2016-06-29 11:31 ` Neil Horman
2016-06-30 7:45 ` Remy Horton
2016-07-06 21:21 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-04 1:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 0/7] export PMD infos Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-04 1:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 1/7] drivers: export infos as string symbols Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-04 1:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 2/7] mk: remove recipe for tool library Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-04 1:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 3/7] mk: refresh recipe for any host application Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-04 1:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 4/7] pmdinfogen: parse driver to generate code to export Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-04 1:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 5/7] mk: link infos generated by pmdinfogen Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-04 1:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 6/7] eal: export default plugin path to external tools Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-04 1:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 7/7] tools: query binaries for support information Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-04 12:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 0/7] export PMD infos Neil Horman
2016-07-04 13:10 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-04 16:41 ` Neil Horman
2016-07-04 20:10 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-05 20:08 ` Neil Horman
2016-07-06 15:33 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-04 15:22 ` Bruce Richardson
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