Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 1/5] ethdev: add new API to retrieve RX/TX queue information

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 19:28:51 +0100
Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com> wrote:

> Add the ability for the upper layer to query RX/TX queue information.
> 
> Add new structures:
> struct rte_eth_rxq_info
> struct rte_eth_txq_info
> 
> new functions:
> rte_eth_rx_queue_info_get
> rte_eth_tx_queue_info_get
> 
> into rte_etdev API.
> 
> Left extra free space in the queue info structures,
> so extra fields could be added later without ABI breakage.
> 
> v2 changes:
> - Add formal check for the qinfo input parameter.
> - As suggested rename 'rx_qinfo/tx_qinfo' to 'rxq_info/txq_info'
> 
> v3 changes:
> - Updated rte_ether_version.map
> - Merged with latest changes
> 
> v4 changes:
> - rte_ether_version.map: move new functions into DPDK_2.1 sub-space.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>

Since all this data should be rxconf already, Is it possible
to do a generic version of this and not have to change every driver.

You only handled the Intel hardware drivers. But there also
all the virtual drivers, other vendors etc.