From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruce Richardson Subject: Re: [PATCH] eal: add function to check if primary proc alive Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:13:11 -0800 Message-ID: <20160126191310.GA19208@bricha3-MOBL3> References: <1453296322-1210-1-git-send-email-harry.van.haaren@intel.com> <533710CFB86FA344BFBF2D6802E6028622F1E7EA@SHSMSX101.ccr.corp.intel.com> <20160122173747.GB13424@bricha3-MOBL3> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" To: "Van Haaren, Harry" Return-path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 943BD936A for ; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 20:13:13 +0100 (CET) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 11:44:59AM +0000, Van Haaren, Harry wrote: > > From: Richardson, Bruce > > The details of what the config file is should largely be hidden from the user > > IMHO. > > Agreed, however hiding it totally removes the flexibility of waiting for a primary > that is starting with --file-prefix (aka: in a non-default location). Imposing > a limit on only monitoring primary procs in the default location seems wrong. > But the secondary also needs the same prefix. Is that prefix not accessible by this function to be used? /Bruce