06/07/2020 12:31, Bruce Richardson: > To call the rte_rawdev_info_get() function, the user currently has to know > the underlying type of the device in order to pass an appropriate structure > or buffer as the dev_private pointer in the info structure. By allowing a > NULL value for this field, we can skip getting the device-specific info and > just return the generic info - including the device name and driver, which > can be used to determine the device type - to the user. > > This ensures that basic info can be get for all rawdevs, without knowing > the type, and even if the info driver API call has not been implemented for > the device. > > Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
This is a new feature. Why should it be backported?
