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* [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] tools: allow binding to other network class devices
@ 2016-05-06 18:27 Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo
  2016-05-19 10:21 ` Thomas Monjalon
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo @ 2016-05-06 18:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: dev

dpdk_nic_bind will only handle Ethernet devices, but Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro,
for example, is a Network class device, but not an Ethernet one. Even though
this allows other devices in the list, like Wireless devices, this should not be
a problem.

Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@redhat.com>
---
 tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py b/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py
index 28eace3..b69ca2a 100755
--- a/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py
+++ b/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ import getopt
 import subprocess
 from os.path import exists, abspath, dirname, basename
 
-# The PCI device class for ETHERNET devices
-ETHERNET_CLASS = "0200"
+# The PCI base class for NETWORK devices
+NETWORK_BASE_CLASS = "02"
 
 # global dict ethernet devices present. Dictionary indexed by PCI address.
 # Each device within this is itself a dictionary of device properties
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ def get_nic_details():
     dev_lines = check_output(["lspci", "-Dvmmn"]).splitlines()
     for dev_line in dev_lines:
         if (len(dev_line) == 0):
-            if dev["Class"] == ETHERNET_CLASS:
+            if dev["Class"][0:2] == NETWORK_BASE_CLASS:
                 # convert device and vendor ids to numbers, then add to global
                 dev["Vendor"] = int(dev["Vendor"], 16)
                 dev["Device"] = int(dev["Device"], 16)
-- 
2.5.5

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