devargs: remove limit on parameters length

[dpdk.git] / lib / librte_eal / common / include / rte_devargs.h

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h
index 2e6e1f3..996e180 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 #include <rte_pci.h>
 
@@ -87,8 +88,8 @@ struct rte_devargs {
                        char drv_name[32];
                } virtual;
        };
-#define RTE_DEVARGS_LEN 256
-       char args[RTE_DEVARGS_LEN]; /**< Arguments string as given by user. */
+       /** Arguments string as given by user. */
+       char *args;
 };
 
 /** user device double-linked queue type definition */
@@ -101,12 +102,12 @@ extern struct rte_devargs_list devargs_list;
  * Add a device to the user device list
  *
  * For PCI devices, the format of arguments string is "PCI_ADDR" or
- * "PCI_ADDR;key=val;key2=val2;...". Examples: "08:00.1", "0000:5:00.0",
- * "04:00.0;arg=val".
+ * "PCI_ADDR,key=val,key2=val2,...". Examples: "08:00.1", "0000:5:00.0",
+ * "04:00.0,arg=val".
  *
  * For virtual devices, the format of arguments string is "DRIVER_NAME*"
- * or "DRIVER_NAME*;key=val;key2=val2;...". Examples: "eth_ring",
- * "eth_ring0", "eth_pmdAnything;arg=0:arg2=1". The validity of the
+ * or "DRIVER_NAME*,key=val,key2=val2,...". Examples: "eth_ring",
+ * "eth_ring0", "eth_pmdAnything,arg=0:arg2=1". The validity of the
  * driver name is not checked by this function, it is done when probing
  * the drivers.
  *
@@ -135,8 +136,11 @@ rte_eal_devargs_type_count(enum rte_devtype devtype);
 
 /**
  * This function dumps the list of user device and their arguments.
+ *
+ * @param f
+ *   A pointer to a file for output
  */
-void rte_eal_devargs_dump(void);
+void rte_eal_devargs_dump(FILE *f);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }