Re: [dpdk-dev] rte_eal_init() alternative?

["Montorsi, Francesco" <fmontorsi@empirix.com>]

Hi Panu,



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Panu Matilainen [mailto:pmatilai@redhat.com]
> Sent: venerdì 9 ottobre 2015 10:26
> To: Montorsi, Francesco <fmontorsi@empirix.com>; Thomas Monjalon
> <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] rte_eal_init() alternative?
> 
> > Something like the attached patch.
> 
> It seems the patch missed the boat :)

Correct, sorry. I'm attaching it now. 


> 
> > Note that the attached patch exposes also a way to skip the argv/argc
> > configuration process by directly providing a populated configuration
> > structure...
> > Let me know what you think about it (the patch is just a draft and
> > needs more work).
> 
> Can't comment on what I've not seen, but based on comments seen on this
> list, having an alternative way to initialize with structures would be welcomed
> by many. The downside is that those structures will need to be exposed in
> the API forever which means any changes there are subject to the ABI
> process.
> 
Perhaps the init function taking a structure could be an exception for ABI changes... i.e., the format of the configuration is not garantueed to stay the same between different versions, and applications using a shared build of DPDK libraries must avoid using the configuration structure... would that be a possible solution?

Thanks,
Francesco