+ * or "DRIVER_NAME*,key=val,key2=val2,...". Examples: "net_ring",
+ * "net_ring0", "net_pmdAnything,arg=0:arg2=1".
+ *
+ * The function parses the arguments string to get driver name and driver
+ * arguments.
+ *
+ * @param devargs_str
+ * The arguments as given by the user.
+ * @param drvname
+ * The pointer to the string to store parsed driver name.
+ * @param drvargs
+ * The pointer to the string to store parsed driver arguments.
+ *
+ * @return
+ * - 0 on success
+ * - A negative value on error
+ */
+__rte_deprecated
+int rte_eal_parse_devargs_str(const char *devargs_str,
+ char **drvname, char **drvargs);
+
+/**
+ * Parse a device string.
+ *
+ * Verify that a bus is capable of handling the device passed
+ * in argument. Store which bus will handle the device, its name
+ * and the eventual device parameters.
+ *
+ * The syntax is:
+ *
+ * bus:device_identifier,arg1=val1,arg2=val2
+ *
+ * where "bus:" is the bus name followed by any character separator.
+ * The bus name is optional. If no bus name is specified, each bus
+ * will attempt to recognize the device identifier. The first one
+ * to succeed will be used.
+ *
+ * Examples:
+ *
+ * pci:0000:05.00.0,arg=val
+ * 05.00.0,arg=val
+ * vdev:net_ring0
+ *
+ * @param da
+ * The devargs structure holding the device information.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ * String describing a device.
+ *
+ * @return
+ * - 0 on success.
+ * - Negative errno on error.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_devargs_parse(struct rte_devargs *da, const char *dev);
+
+/**
+ * Parse a device string.
+ *
+ * Verify that a bus is capable of handling the device passed
+ * in argument. Store which bus will handle the device, its name
+ * and the eventual device parameters.
+ *
+ * The device string is built with a printf-like syntax.
+ *
+ * The syntax is:
+ *
+ * bus:device_identifier,arg1=val1,arg2=val2
+ *
+ * where "bus:" is the bus name followed by any character separator.
+ * The bus name is optional. If no bus name is specified, each bus
+ * will attempt to recognize the device identifier. The first one
+ * to succeed will be used.
+ *
+ * Examples:
+ *
+ * pci:0000:05.00.0,arg=val
+ * 05.00.0,arg=val
+ * vdev:net_ring0
+ *
+ * @param da
+ * The devargs structure holding the device information.
+ * @param format
+ * Format string describing a device.
+ *
+ * @return
+ * - 0 on success.
+ * - Negative errno on error.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_devargs_parsef(struct rte_devargs *da,
+ const char *format, ...)
+__attribute__((format(printf, 2, 0)));
+
+/**
+ * Insert an rte_devargs in the global list.
+ *
+ * @param da
+ * The devargs structure to insert.
+ *
+ * @return
+ * - 0 on success
+ * - Negative on error.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_devargs_insert(struct rte_devargs *da);
+
+/**
+ * Add a device to the user device list
+ * See rte_devargs_parse() for details.