From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga09.intel.com (mga09.intel.com [134.134.136.24]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BE2E7E23 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 2015 17:18:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 02 Oct 2015 08:18:04 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.17,623,1437462000"; d="scan'208";a="817980434" Received: from bricha3-mobl3.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.237.221.12]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with SMTP; 02 Oct 2015 08:18:02 -0700 Received: by (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 02 Oct 2015 16:18:01 +0025 Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 16:18:01 +0100 From: Bruce Richardson To: Chas Williams <3chas3@gmail.com> Message-ID: <20151002151800.GA21380@bricha3-MOBL3> References: <1443798007-20122-1-git-send-email-3chas3@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1443798007-20122-1-git-send-email-3chas3@gmail.com> Organization: Intel Shannon Ltd. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] devargs: add blacklisting by linux interface name X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 15:18:06 -0000 On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 11:00:07AM -0400, Chas Williams wrote: > If a system is using deterministic interface names, it may be easier in > some cases to use the interface name to blacklist an interface. > Is it possible to do this using the existing arguments, i.e. have the -b flag detect if it's a pci address or name automatically, rather than having to use a separate command-line arg for it? /Bruce