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From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/13] eal: introduce driver type
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 13:04:56 +0000
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On 12/19/2016 9:59 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Since multiple buses and device types need to be supported.
> Provide type field in driver.
> ---
>  lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h  | 15 ++++++++++++---
>  lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci.h  |  1 +
>  lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_vdev.h |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
> index e5471a22..3f4e26e6 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
> @@ -144,12 +144,21 @@ void rte_eal_device_insert(struct rte_device *dev);
>  void rte_eal_device_remove(struct rte_device *dev);
>  
>  /**
> + * Type of device driver
> + */
> +enum rte_driver_type {
> +	PMD_VIRTUAL,
> +	PMD_PCI,
> +};

There were types in v16.07 and previous.
Types has been removed in v16.11.
Now are we sure we want to add them back?