[PATCH v7 0/6] Link Bonding Library

[Declan Doherty <declan.doherty-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

This patch contains the initial release of the Link Bonding PMD Library

Supporting bonding modes:
 0 - Round Robin
 1 - Active Backup
 2 - Balance (Supporting 3 transmission polices)
	layer 2, layer 2+3, layer 3+4
 3 - Broadcast

Version 6 of patch set:
Debug tracing formatting issue in rte_eth_dev_allocate


Patch Set Description:
 0001 - librte_pmd_bond + makefile changes
 0002 - librte_ether changes to support unique naming of pmds 
 0003 - librte_eal changes to support bonding device intialization
 0005 - link bonding unti test suite
 0005 - testpmd link bonding support changes
 0006 - doxygen additions


Declan Doherty (6):
  Link Bonding Library (lib/librte_pmd_bond)
  Support for unique interface naming of pmds
  EAL support for link bonding device initialization
  Link bonding Unit Tests
  testpmd link bonding additions
  Link Bonding Library doxygen additions

 app/test-pmd/cmdline.c                      |  579 ++++
 app/test-pmd/config.c                       |    4 +-
 app/test-pmd/parameters.c                   |    3 +
 app/test-pmd/testpmd.c                      |   40 +-
 app/test-pmd/testpmd.h                      |    2 +
 app/test/Makefile                           |    4 +-
 app/test/commands.c                         |    7 +
 app/test/packet_burst_generator.c           |  287 ++
 app/test/packet_burst_generator.h           |   78 +
 app/test/test.h                             |    1 +
 app/test/test_link_bonding.c                | 3958 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 app/test/virtual_pmd.c                      |  574 ++++
 app/test/virtual_pmd.h                      |   74 +
 config/common_bsdapp                        |    5 +
 config/common_linuxapp                      |    5 +
 doc/doxy-api-index.md                       |    1 +
 doc/doxy-api.conf                           |    1 +
 lib/Makefile                                |    1 +
 lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c             |   10 +-
 lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c      |   58 +-
 lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_pci.c      |    3 +
 lib/librte_eal/common/include/eal_private.h |    7 -
 lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h     |   13 +-
 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c           |   11 +-
 lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c               |   33 +-
 lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h               |    7 +-
 lib/librte_pmd_bond/Makefile                |   32 +
 lib/librte_pmd_bond/rte_eth_bond.c          | 2142 +++++++++++++++
 lib/librte_pmd_bond/rte_eth_bond.h          |  255 ++
 lib/librte_pmd_pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c          |   22 +-
 lib/librte_pmd_ring/rte_eth_ring.c          |   32 +-
 lib/librte_pmd_ring/rte_eth_ring.h          |    3 +-
 lib/librte_pmd_xenvirt/rte_eth_xenvirt.c    |    2 +-
 mk/rte.app.mk                               |    5 +
 34 files changed, 8188 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 app/test/packet_burst_generator.c
 create mode 100644 app/test/packet_burst_generator.h
 create mode 100644 app/test/test_link_bonding.c
 create mode 100644 app/test/virtual_pmd.c
 create mode 100644 app/test/virtual_pmd.h
 create mode 100644 lib/librte_pmd_bond/Makefile
 create mode 100644 lib/librte_pmd_bond/rte_eth_bond.c
 create mode 100644 lib/librte_pmd_bond/rte_eth_bond.h