Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 00/13] Implement new devargs framework

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:41:51 +0200
Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet@6wind.com> wrote:

> Last release saw the introduction of the new devargs system.
> To this end, the "class" abstraction was described as well
> as a common API for querying and declaring devices.
> 
> This patchset implements the "eth" device class and the
> query/declaration part of the framework for PCI and vdev buses,
> enabling a minimal support for the new system.
> 
> A new testpmd command is added to test device querying.
> 
> Devargs parsing is extended in the relevant buses to test
> device declaration. This part uses the new "rte_eth_dev_create" API,
> introduced last release and used by only two PMDs, for now.
> 
> The new devargs format is also made available through the new --dev parameter.
> 
> Next work is to generalize use of new API for eth_dev creation,
> compatibility layer for -w, -b and --vdev with --dev, and devargs unit test.
> 
> Gaetan Rivet (13):
>   bus/pci: implement device iteration and comparison
>   bus/pci: add device matching field id
>   bus/vdev: implement device iteration
>   bus/vdev: add device matching field driver
>   ethdev: add private generic device iterator
>   ethdev: register ether layer as a class
>   ethdev: add device matching field name
>   app/testpmd: add show device command
>   bus/pci: pre-process declarative PCI devargs
>   bus/vdev: pre-process declarative vdev devargs
>   bus/pci: process declarative PCI devargs
>   ethdev: process declarative eth devargs
>   eal: add generic dev parameter
> 
>  app/test-pmd/cmdline.c                      |  54 +++++++
>  doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst |  24 ++++
>  drivers/bus/pci/Makefile                    |   3 +-
>  drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c                   |   5 +
>  drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c                 |   5 +
>  drivers/bus/pci/meson.build                 |   6 +-
>  drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c                |   6 +-
>  drivers/bus/pci/pci_params.c                | 139 ++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/bus/pci/private.h                   |  54 +++++++
>  drivers/bus/vdev/Makefile                   |   3 +-
>  drivers/bus/vdev/meson.build                |   5 +-
>  drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c                     |  20 +--
>  drivers/bus/vdev/vdev_params.c              | 112 +++++++++++++++
>  drivers/bus/vdev/vdev_private.h             |  32 +++++
>  lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c  |   4 +
>  lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c  |  36 ++++-
>  lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h         |   2 +
>  lib/librte_ethdev/Makefile                  |   4 +-
>  lib/librte_ethdev/eth_private.c             |  31 ++++
>  lib/librte_ethdev/eth_private.h             |  31 ++++
>  lib/librte_ethdev/meson.build               |   4 +-
>  lib/librte_ethdev/rte_class_eth.c           | 148 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c              |   7 +
>  23 files changed, 714 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/bus/pci/pci_params.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/bus/vdev/vdev_params.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/bus/vdev/vdev_private.h
>  create mode 100644 lib/librte_ethdev/eth_private.c
>  create mode 100644 lib/librte_ethdev/eth_private.h
>  create mode 100644 lib/librte_ethdev/rte_class_eth.c
> 
> -- 
> 2.18.0
> 

I have devargs for vmbus queued.