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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 03/15] pmd: Add PMD_REGISTER_DRIVER macro
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On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 04:42:01AM -0700, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2014-04-15 14:05, Neil Horman:
> > Rather than have each driver have to remember to add a constructor to it to
> > make sure its gets registered properly, wrap that process up in a macro to
> > make registration a one line affair.  This also sets the stage for us to
> > make registration of vdev pmds and physical pmds a uniform process
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
> 
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pmd.h
> 
> So you are creating a new header file for PMD API, right?
> 
> According to rte_ethdev.h,
> "The Ethernet Device API is composed of two parts:"
> "- The application-oriented Ethernet API"
> "- The driver-oriented Ethernet API"
> 
> So we should implement this macro in rte_ethdev.h.
> But maybe you prefer to split this file in two files. If so, please send a 
> separated patch for that.
> 
Actually I'm fine with moving the macro to another file, though if I do, I think
merging it into rte_dev.h is more appropriate, as thats where the driver
registration function lives.

Neil

> Thanks
> -- 
> Thomas
>