From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adrien Mazarguil Subject: Re: [PATCH] ethdev: revert use device name from device structure Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:57:23 +0200 Message-ID: <20170922145722.GA3871@6wind.com> References: <20170922113007.43385-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Thomas Monjalon , dev@dpdk.org To: Ferruh Yigit Return-path: Received: from mail-wr0-f179.google.com (mail-wr0-f179.google.com [209.85.128.179]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB22D6D45 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:57:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wr0-f179.google.com with SMTP id r74so1137440wrb.13 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2017 07:57:38 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170922113007.43385-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 12:30:07PM +0100, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > This reverts commit a1e7c17555e8f77d520ba5f06ed26c00e77a2bd1. > > Original commit assumes there is 1:1 mapping between physical device and > ethdev port, so that device name can be used per port instead of ethdev > name field. > > But one physical device may have multiple ethdev ports and each port > needs its own unique name. > > One issue reported here: > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/users/2017-September/002484.html > > So reverting back the commit to continue using ethdev name field per > port. > > Reported-by: Adrien Mazarguil > Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil -- Adrien Mazarguil 6WIND