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From: "Montorsi, Francesco" <fmontorsi@empirix.com>
Subject: rte_eal_init() alternative?
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 12:49:40 +0000
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Hi all,

Currently it seems that the only way to initialize EAL is using rte_eal_ini=
t() function, correct?

I have the problem that rte_eal_init() will call rte_panic() whenever somet=
hing fails to initialize or in other cases it will call exit().
In my application, I would rather like to attempt DPDK initialization. If i=
t fails I don't want to exit.
Unfortunately I cannot even copy&paste the rte_eal_init() code into my appl=
ication (removing rte_panic and exit calls) since it uses a lot of DPDK int=
ernal private functions.

I think that my requirements (avoid abort/exit calls when init fails) is a =
basic requirement... would you accept a patch that adds an alternative rte_=
eal_init() function that just returns an error code upon failure, instead o=
f immediately exiting?

Thanks for your hard work!

Francesco Montorsi