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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: "John W. Linville" <linville-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rte_pmd_init_all: initialize non-PCI PMDs provided by EAL
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:23:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5680509.vJ63cQx4Bi@xps13> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1397140907-17856-1-git-send-email-linville-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>

Hi John,

2014-04-10 10:41, John W. Linville:
> These PMDs were being initialized by the EAL layer, but many apps were
> relying on the return value of rte_pmd_init_all to indicate that
> ethernet interfaces were available for use.  Move the initialization of
> the non-PCI PMDs to this centralized function to have all of the PMDs
> treated equally.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>

We are using constuctors to initialize these drivers. See the patches from 
Olivier Matz.
The function rte_pmd_init_all() should be removed.

So this patch won't be applied.

Your help to continue cleaning this area is welcome.
-- 
Thomas

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-04-11 13:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-04-10 14:41 [PATCH] rte_pmd_init_all: initialize non-PCI PMDs provided by EAL John W. Linville
     [not found] ` <1397140907-17856-1-git-send-email-linville-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>
2014-04-11 13:23   ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2014-04-11 13:46     ` John W. Linville
2014-04-13 18:22     ` Neil Horman

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