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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 00/22] Device querying
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15/04/2018 17:07, Gaetan Rivet:
> This patchset introduces a new EAL API for querying devices,
> filtered by arbitrary properties.
> 
> The following elements are introduced to this end:
> 
>  * A new object, "rte_class", is used to describe
>    the device class abstraction layer (eth, crypto, ...).
> 
>  * Both rte_bus and rte_class now offer a way to
>    list their devices and filter the result
>    using locally defined properties.
> 
>  * The rte_dev API now has an rte_dev_iterator, which
>    is the way for the user to define the device filter
>    and iterate upon the resulting set.
> 
> As an example, the "eth" device class is implemented.
> 
> Additionally, the device filters for
> 
>   + rte_bus_pci
>   + rte_bus_vdev
>   + rte_class_eth
> 
> are implemented and can be used with some
> properties each, to show how to extend those.
> 
> Some example of filters:
> 
>   "bus=pci/class=eth"
>   "bus=pci"
>   "class=eth"
>   "class=eth,name=net_ring0"
>   "bus=pci,id=00:00.0"
>   "bus=vdev,driver=net_ring"

Thanks for the very big work Gaetan.

This series has some cleanups, fixes, and more importantly,
introduces the framework for a generic device syntax.

I am not clear what is missing in the properties parsing?
In various buses and classes implementations?

Are we close of the next step, revisiting -w/-b and --vdev options?