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From: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>,
	Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 5/5] pmdinfo.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw and other support information
Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 12:16:03 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a61f5b81-7828-30a1-f2f8-2057af65e53c@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1653357.fSAMoabLvC@xps13>

On 05/25/2016 09:58 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2016-05-25 13:47, Neil Horman:
>> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 07:22:39PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>>> 2016-05-24 15:41, Neil Horman:
>>>> Note that, in the case of dynamically linked applications, pmdinfo.py will scan
>>>> for implicitly linked PMDs by searching the specified binaries .dynamic section
>>>> for DT_NEEDED entries that contain the substring librte_pmd.
>>>
>>> I don't know any DPDK app dynamically linked with a PMD (with DT_NEEDED).
>> I know lots of them, they're all in the dpdk.  everything under app that uses a
>> virutal device links at link time to librte_pmd_bonding and librte_pmd_pipe (and
>> a few others), because they have additional apis that they need to resolve at
>> load time.
>
> Oh yes! you are right.

Also everything linking against the linker script (in its current form) 
such as OVS will pull in absolutely everything, including the pmds:

[pmatilai@sopuli ~]$ ldd /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd | awk '/librte_pmd/ 
{print $1}'
librte_pmd_bnx2x.so.1
librte_pmd_virtio.so.1
librte_pmd_cxgbe.so.1
librte_pmd_ring.so.2
librte_pmd_af_packet.so.1
librte_pmd_vhost.so.1
librte_pmd_ixgbe.so.1
librte_pmd_vmxnet3_uio.so.1
librte_pmd_fm10k.so.1
librte_pmd_i40e.so.1
librte_pmd_null.so.1
librte_pmd_pcap.so.1
librte_pmd_null_crypto.so.1
librte_pmd_ena.so.1
librte_pmd_e1000.so.1
librte_pmd_qede.so.1
librte_pmd_bond.so.1
librte_pmd_enic.so.1
[pmatilai@sopuli ~]$

>
>>> However it is a good idea to handle this case.

Yup. But there's also a bit of a gotcha involved with the virtual 
devices with added api. This is how eg testpmd looks when built in 
shared library config:

[pmatilai@sopuli ~]$ pmdinfo /usr/bin/testpmd
Scanning /usr/lib64/librte_pmd_bond.so.1 for pmd information
PMD NAME: bonding
PMD TYPE: PMD_VDEV
PMD PARAMETERS: slave=<ifc> primary=<ifc> mode=[0-4] xmit_policy=[l2 | 
l23 | l34] socket_id=<int> mac=<mac addr> lsc_poll_period_ms=<int> 
up_delay=<int> down_delay=<int>

[pmatilai@sopuli ~]$

Having support for bonding driver but nothing else will seem pretty damn 
confusing unless you happen to be a dpdk developer knowing this fact 
about some pmds also providing API and being linked directly etc.

Might make sense to have extra cli switch to control which kind of pmds 
are shown, and maybe default to skipping vdevs since they dont provide 
any actual hardware support anyway. Showing nothing at all in the above 
case would likely be a little less confusing. Maybe :)

Anyway, this is "refine later if needed once we gain more experience" 
material to me.

	- Panu -

  reply	other threads:[~2016-05-27  9:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 166+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-05-16 20:41 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/4] Implement pmd hardware support exports 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 [this message]
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
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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