-#define PMD_REGISTER_DRIVER(d)\
-void devinitfn_ ##d(void);\
-void __attribute__((constructor, used)) devinitfn_ ##d(void)\
+/**
+ * Attach a device to a registered driver.
+ *
+ * @param name
+ * The device name, that refers to a pci device (or some private
+ * way of designating a vdev device). Based on this device name, eal
+ * will identify a driver capable of handling it and pass it to the
+ * driver probing function.
+ * @param devargs
+ * Device arguments to be passed to the driver.
+ * @return
+ * 0 on success, negative on error.
+ */
+int rte_eal_dev_attach(const char *name, const char *devargs);
+
+/**
+ * Detach a device from its driver.
+ *
+ * @param name
+ * Same description as for rte_eal_dev_attach().
+ * Here, eal will call the driver detaching function.
+ * @return
+ * 0 on success, negative on error.
+ */
+int rte_eal_dev_detach(const char *name);
+
+#define DRIVER_EXPORT_NAME_ARRAY(n, idx) n##idx[]
+
+#define DRIVER_EXPORT_NAME(name, idx) \
+static const char DRIVER_EXPORT_NAME_ARRAY(this_pmd_name, idx) \
+__attribute__((used)) = RTE_STR(name)
+
+#define PMD_REGISTER_DRIVER(drv, nm)\
+RTE_INIT(probefn_ ##drv);\
+static void probefn_ ##drv(void)\