Re: [PATCHv2 4/4] pmdinfo.py: Add tool to query binaries for hw and other support information

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>]

2016-05-20 08:22, Panu Matilainen:
> Ability to query individual DSOs is a building block for other things 
> like automation (you dont expect normal users to go manually loading hw 
> support modules for the OS either), but its not an end-user solution.
> 
> Thomas said in http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-May/038324.html:
> 
> "This tool should not behave differently depending of how DPDK was 
> compiled (static or shared)."

I meant the basic tool must be usable on static binary and shared library.

> Its entirely possible to handle all the three above cases virtually 
> identically (point the tool to the app executable), so I have a hard 
> time understanding the level of resistance to handling the plugin case.

We need first a basic tool. Then we'll check how to build on it for
end user needs. I think you have some good ideas.
We could also try (later) to inspect a running DPDK app.