Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/12] cryptodev: avoid dependency on rte_vdev.h

["Tan, Jianfeng" <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>]

Hi Jan,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jblunck@gmail.com [mailto:jblunck@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Jan
> Blunck
> Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2017 9:14 PM
> To: Tan, Jianfeng
> Cc: dev; Richardson, Bruce; Ananyev, Konstantin; De Lara Guarch, Pablo;
> Thomas Monjalon; yliu@fridaylinux.org; Maxime Coquelin; Tetsuya Mukawa;
> Yigit, Ferruh
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/12] cryptodev: avoid dependency on
> rte_vdev.h
> 
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Jianfeng Tan <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>
> wrote:
> > The helper API, rte_cryptodev_vdev_pmd_init(), has a parameter of
> > struct rte_vdev_device *, which needs to include rte_vdev.h.
> >
> > We will move vdev into drivers/bus, so we need to avoid such
> > dependency. And also, we cannot break the ABI.
> >
> > This patch changes that pointer to void *, and defines an internal
> > structure same with struct rte_vdev_device.
> >
> 
> This code duplication is unnecessary. Also you are doing evil thinks
> and define a type with the same name in multiple places. Look at my
> series how to do this properly.
> 

Moving related things into header file is also my plan. Thank for doing that, I'll rebase on your patchset.

Thanks,
Jianfeng