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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] eal: add support for driver directory
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2015-10-21 11:29, Panu Matilainen:
> Add a new EAL option -D for loading all drivers from a given directory.
> Additionally a default driver directory can be set in build-time
> configuration, in which case it will be always be used when EAL is
> initialized (but can be overridden or disabled with -D).
[...]
> @@ -955,6 +1004,7 @@ eal_common_usage(void)
>  	       "  --"OPT_SYSLOG"            Set syslog facility\n"
>  	       "  --"OPT_LOG_LEVEL"         Set default log level\n"
>  	       "  -d LIB.so           Add driver (can be used multiple times)\n"
> +	       "  -D DIRECTORY        Add driver directory)\n"

Another idea: instead of adding a new option, why not make -d able to deal
with directories?