This device state means that the device is managed externally, by whichever party has set this state (PMD or application).
Note: this new device state is only an information. The related device structure and operators are still valid and can be used normally. It is however made private by device management helpers within ethdev, making the device invisible to applications. Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.ri...@6wind.com> --- lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c | 3 ++- lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c index a1b7447..81b398d 100644 --- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c +++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c @@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ int rte_eth_dev_is_valid_port(uint8_t port_id) { if (port_id >= RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS || - rte_eth_devices[port_id].state != RTE_ETH_DEV_ATTACHED) + (rte_eth_devices[port_id].state != RTE_ETH_DEV_ATTACHED && + rte_eth_devices[port_id].state != RTE_ETH_DEV_DEFERRED)) return 0; else return 1; diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h index f683727..774408c 100644 --- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h +++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h @@ -1613,6 +1613,7 @@ struct rte_eth_rxtx_callback { enum rte_eth_dev_state { RTE_ETH_DEV_UNUSED = 0, RTE_ETH_DEV_ATTACHED, + RTE_ETH_DEV_DEFERRED, }; /** -- 2.1.4