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From: "Gaëtan Rivet" <gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>
To: Jan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 07/13] devargs: add busname string field
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 15:17:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170713131712.GJ11154@bidouze.vm.6wind.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170711232512.54641-8-jblunck@infradead.org>

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 07:25:06PM -0400, Jan Blunck wrote:
> This adds the busname as a string to struct rte_devargs. The function
> rte_eal_devargs_add() is adding the busname based on the devtype which
> is ok for now since the function is deprecated anyway.
> 
> As a side-effect this is also no longer validating the PCI device name.
> This was done only for PCI devices anyway but didn't guarantee that this
> device exists.
> 

Why add the bus name as a string instead of using the bus handle already
present within the rte_devargs?

I don't understand the need for this commit, can you explain the problem
you are solving?

-- 
Gaëtan Rivet
6WIND

  reply	other threads:[~2017-07-13 13:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-07-11 23:24 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/13] devargs fixes Jan Blunck
2017-07-11 23:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/13] Revert "devargs: make device types generic" Jan Blunck
2017-07-11 23:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 02/13] devargs: fix unittest Jan Blunck
2017-07-11 23:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 03/13] devargs: deprecate enum rte_devtype based functions Jan Blunck
2017-08-07 23:02   ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-07-11 23:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 04/13] pci: use scan_mode configuration Jan Blunck
2017-07-13 17:59   ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-07-13 19:42     ` Jan Blunck
2017-07-13 20:48       ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-07-11 23:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 05/13] bus: add configuration interface for buses Jan Blunck
2017-07-11 23:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 06/13] devargs: use bus configuration interface to set scanning mode Jan Blunck
2017-07-11 23:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 07/13] devargs: add busname string field Jan Blunck
2017-07-13 13:17   ` Gaëtan Rivet [this message]
2017-07-11 23:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 08/13] devargs: use busname Jan Blunck
2017-07-11 23:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 09/13] devargs: parse "bus=" argument Jan Blunck
2017-07-13 13:40   ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-07-13 19:34     ` Jan Blunck
2017-07-11 23:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 10/13] pci: use busname Jan Blunck
2017-07-11 23:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 11/13] vdev: " Jan Blunck
2017-07-11 23:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 12/13] devargs: remove type field Jan Blunck
2017-07-11 23:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 13/13] devargs: remove bus field Jan Blunck
2017-07-12  7:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/13] devargs fixes Thomas Monjalon
2017-07-12  8:09   ` Jan Blunck
2017-07-12  8:50     ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-07-12  9:25       ` Jan Blunck
2017-07-14 21:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/15] " Jan Blunck
2017-07-14 21:11   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/15] Revert "devargs: make device types generic" Jan Blunck
2017-09-04 16:05     ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-07-14 21:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 02/15] devargs: fix unittest Jan Blunck
2017-09-04 16:05     ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-07-14 21:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/15] devargs: extend unittest Jan Blunck
2017-09-04 16:05     ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-07-14 21:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 04/15] devargs: deprecate enum rte_devtype based functions Jan Blunck
2017-09-04 16:06     ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-07-14 21:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/15] pci: use scan_mode configuration Jan Blunck
2017-09-04 16:22     ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-07-14 21:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 06/15] bus: add configuration interface for buses Jan Blunck
2017-09-04 16:23     ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-07-14 21:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 07/15] devargs: use bus configuration interface to set scanning mode Jan Blunck
2017-07-14 21:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/15] devargs: use existing functions in rte_eal_devargs_parse() Jan Blunck
2017-09-04 16:24     ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-07-14 21:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/15] devargs: add busname string field Jan Blunck
2017-07-14 21:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 10/15] devargs: use busname Jan Blunck
2017-07-14 21:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 11/15] pci: " Jan Blunck
2017-07-14 21:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 12/15] vdev: " Jan Blunck
2017-07-14 21:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 13/15] devargs: pass busname argument when parsing Jan Blunck
2017-07-15 14:48     ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-09-04 16:28       ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-09-04 16:28     ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-07-14 21:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 14/15] devargs: remove type field Jan Blunck
2017-09-04 16:29     ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-07-14 21:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 15/15] devargs: remove bus field Jan Blunck
2017-07-15 18:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/15] devargs fixes Thomas Monjalon
2017-09-04 16:04   ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-09-05  8:20     ` Gaëtan Rivet

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