* received packets before passing them to the driver for transmission.
*/
struct rte_eth_rxtx_callback **pre_tx_burst_cbs;
+ uint8_t attached; /**< Flag indicating the port is attached */
};
struct rte_eth_dev_sriov {
* Get the total number of Ethernet devices that have been successfully
* initialized by the [matching] Ethernet driver during the PCI probing phase.
* All devices whose port identifier is in the range
- * [0, rte_eth_dev_count() - 1] can be operated on by network applications.
+ * [0, rte_eth_dev_count() - 1] can be operated on by network applications
+ * immediately after invoking rte_eal_init().
+ * If the application unplugs a port using hotplug function, The enabled port
+ * numbers may be noncontiguous. In the case, the applications need to manage
+ * enabled port by themselves.
*
* @return
* - The total number of usable Ethernet devices.
*/
struct rte_eth_dev *rte_eth_dev_allocate(const char *name);
+/**
+ * Function for internal use by dummy drivers primarily, e.g. ring-based
+ * driver.
+ * Release the specified ethdev port.
+ *
+ * @param eth_dev
+ * The *eth_dev* pointer is the address of the *rte_eth_dev* structure.
+ * @return
+ * - 0 on success, negative on error
+ */
+int rte_eth_dev_release_port(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev);
+
struct eth_driver;
/**
* @internal
typedef int (*eth_dev_init_t)(struct eth_driver *eth_drv,
struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev);
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * Finalization function of an Ethernet driver invoked for each matching
+ * Ethernet PCI device detected during the PCI closing phase.
+ *
+ * @param eth_drv
+ * The pointer to the [matching] Ethernet driver structure supplied by
+ * the PMD when it registered itself.
+ * @param eth_dev
+ * The *eth_dev* pointer is the address of the *rte_eth_dev* structure
+ * associated with the matching device and which have been [automatically]
+ * allocated in the *rte_eth_devices* array.
+ * @return
+ * - 0: Success, the device is properly finalized by the driver.
+ * In particular, the driver MUST free the *dev_ops* pointer
+ * of the *eth_dev* structure.
+ * - <0: Error code of the device initialization failure.
+ */
+typedef int (*eth_dev_uninit_t)(const struct eth_driver *eth_drv,
+ struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev);
+
/**
* @internal
* The structure associated with a PMD Ethernet driver.
*
* - The *eth_dev_init* function invoked for each matching PCI device.
*
+ * - The *eth_dev_uninit* function invoked for each matching PCI device.
+ *
* - The size of the private data to allocate for each matching device.
*/
struct eth_driver {
struct rte_pci_driver pci_drv; /**< The PMD is also a PCI driver. */
eth_dev_init_t eth_dev_init; /**< Device init function. */
+ eth_dev_uninit_t eth_dev_uninit; /**< Device uninit function. */
unsigned int dev_private_size; /**< Size of device private data. */
};