Hi Thomas,
> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com] > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 9:28 PM > To: Iremonger, Bernard > Cc: dev at dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/1] ring: changes to support PCI Port > Hotplug > > 2015-07-07 14:09, Bernard Iremonger: > > +static struct eth_driver rte_ring_pmd = { > > + .pci_drv = { > > We really have to stop faking PCI. > EAL must be changed to allow non-PCI drivers without workaround. > A device can have no bus (virtual device) or a PCI bus or another one. > > Let's rework EAL for release 2.2 before integrating this patch. The fake pci _drv is already used in the pcap and null pmds and in the original ring driver. Could they not all be reworked when the EAL is changed for 2.2. Surely we should be working with the 2.1 EAL. Regards, Bernard.
