From: Ivan Boule <ivan.boule@6wind.com>
To: David Marchand <david.marchand@6wind.com>, dev@dpdk.org
Cc: viktorin@rehivetech.com
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 9/9] pci: implement automatic bind/unbind
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 10:26:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56B1C7C2.6070402@6wind.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1454078953-23744-10-git-send-email-david.marchand@6wind.com>
On 01/29/2016 03:49 PM, David Marchand wrote:
> Reuse pci hook to implement automatic bind / unbind.
> The more I look at this, the more I think this should go to the PMDs
> themselves (with options per devices to control this), with EAL offering
> helpers to achieve this.
This sounds good to me.
As a basic software design rule, the decisions of using a given resource
and/or performing a given operation (the intelligent knowledge) should
systematically be taken at the maximum possible software level.
Conversely, such high-level decisions should be offered the most
appropriate low-level services to facilitate their implementation.
In the case we are considering here - the need to bind a PCI device -
the Poll Mode Driver of that device is the only component which actually
knows.
Conversely, the EAL layer is the best place where to implement the
OS-dependent and/or architecture-dependent device binding services to be
invoked by PMDs at PCI device probing time.
My 2 cents,
Ivan
--
Ivan Boule
6WIND Development Engineer
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-03 9:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-22 15:27 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/9] pci cleanup and blacklist rework David Marchand
2016-01-22 15:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/9] pci: no need for dynamic tailq init David Marchand
2016-01-22 15:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/9] pci: add internal device list helpers David Marchand
2016-01-22 15:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/9] pci: minor cleanup David Marchand
2016-01-22 15:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/9] pci: rework sysfs parsing for driver David Marchand
2016-01-22 15:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/9] pci: factorize probe/detach code David Marchand
2016-01-22 15:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/9] pci: cosmetic change David Marchand
2016-01-22 15:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 7/9] pci: factorize driver search David Marchand
2016-01-22 15:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 8/9] pci: remove driver lookup from detach David Marchand
2016-01-22 15:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 9/9] pci: blacklist only in global probe function David Marchand
2016-01-27 13:07 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/9] pci cleanup and blacklist rework David Marchand
2016-01-29 14:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 " David Marchand
2016-01-29 14:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/9] pci: add internal device list helpers David Marchand
2016-01-29 14:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/9] pci/linux: minor cleanup David Marchand
2016-01-29 14:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/9] pci/linux: rework sysfs parsing for driver David Marchand
2016-01-29 14:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/9] pci: factorize probe/detach code David Marchand
2016-01-29 14:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/9] pci: cosmetic change David Marchand
2016-01-29 14:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/9] pci: factorize driver search David Marchand
2016-01-29 14:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 7/9] pci: remove driver lookup from detach David Marchand
2016-01-29 14:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 8/9] pci: implement blacklist using a hook David Marchand
2016-01-29 14:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 9/9] pci: implement automatic bind/unbind David Marchand
2016-02-03 9:26 ` Ivan Boule [this message]
2016-02-08 13:31 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/9] pci cleanup and blacklist rework Jan Viktorin
2016-02-09 8:39 ` David Marchand
2016-03-16 16:07 ` Jan Viktorin
2016-03-22 10:24 ` David Marchand
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