Hi John, > -----Original Message----- > From: John W. Linville [mailto:linville at tuxdriver.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 6:44 PM > To: Iremonger, Bernard > Cc: dev at dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 04:40:35PM +0100, Bernard Iremonger wrote: > > There is a dummy pci driver in the vdev PMD's at present. > > This RFC proposes to remove the pci driver from the vdev PMD's. > > Changes have been made to librte_ether to handle vdevs which do not > have a pci driver. > > > > The pdev PMD's should work as before with the changes to librte_ether > > The vdev PMD's which still have a pci driver should work as before with the > librte_ether changes. > > > > The following vdev PMD's have had the pci driver removed > > > > bonding PMD > > null PMD > > pcap PMD > > ring PMD > > Any reason there is no patch for the af_packet driver? > > John
I have just modified the Intel vdev PMD's. It would be best if the owners of the non Intel vdev's submitted patches for their drivers. Regards, Bernard. <snip>