eal: add driver name alias

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

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_vdev.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_vdev.h
index 97260b2..784e837 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_vdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_vdev.h
@@ -83,13 +83,18 @@ void rte_eal_vdrv_unregister(struct rte_vdev_driver *driver);
 
 #define RTE_PMD_REGISTER_VDEV(nm, vdrv)\
 RTE_INIT(vdrvinitfn_ ##vdrv);\
+static const char *vdrvinit_ ## nm ## _alias;\
 static void vdrvinitfn_ ##vdrv(void)\
 {\
        (vdrv).driver.name = RTE_STR(nm);\
+       (vdrv).driver.alias = vdrvinit_ ## nm ## _alias;\
        rte_eal_vdrv_register(&vdrv);\
 } \
 RTE_PMD_EXPORT_NAME(nm, __COUNTER__)
 
+#define RTE_PMD_REGISTER_ALIAS(nm, alias)\
+static const char *vdrvinit_ ## nm ## _alias = RTE_STR(alias)
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif