From: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 16:06:26 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: usertools: check for lspci dependency
X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?p=dpdk.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=1a5a9cb32a93da47fa6aa0da8407337feaf901f8

usertools: check for lspci dependency

On some distributions (such as CentOS 7) lspci may not be installed
by default, causing exceptions which are difficult to interpret.

Fix devbind script to check if lspci is installed at script startup.

Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Rami Rosen <roszenrami@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py b/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py
index 7d564634ca..40dc28a7df 100755
--- a/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py
+++ b/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py
@@ -655,6 +655,13 @@ def do_arg_actions():
 
 def main():
     '''program main function'''
+    # check if lspci is installed, suppress any output
+    with open(os.devnull, 'w') as devnull:
+        ret = subprocess.call(['which', 'lspci'],
+                              stdout=devnull, stderr=devnull)
+        if ret != 0:
+            print("'lspci' not found - please install 'pciutils'")
+            sys.exit(1)
     parse_args()
     check_modules()
     clear_data()