#include <rte_ring.h>
+/**
+ * Create a new ethdev port from a set of rings
+ *
+ * @param name
+ * name to be given to the new ethdev port
+ * @param rx_queues
+ * pointer to array of rte_rings to be used as RX queues
+ * @param nb_rx_queues
+ * number of elements in the rx_queues array
+ * @param tx_queues
+ * pointer to array of rte_rings to be used as TX queues
+ * @param nb_tx_queues
+ * number of elements in the tx_queues array
+ * @param numa_node
+ * the numa node on which the memory for this port is to be allocated
+ * @return
+ * the port number of the newly created the ethdev or -1 on error.
+ */
int rte_eth_from_rings(const char *name,
struct rte_ring * const rx_queues[],
const unsigned nb_rx_queues,
const unsigned nb_tx_queues,
const unsigned numa_node);
-int rte_eth_ring_pair_create(const char *name, const unsigned numa_node);
-int rte_eth_ring_pair_attach(const char *name, const unsigned numa_node);
+/**
+ * Create a new ethdev port from a ring
+ *
+ * This function is a shortcut call for rte_eth_from_rings for the
+ * case where one wants to take a single rte_ring and use it as though
+ * it were an ethdev
+ *
+ * @param ring
+ * the ring to be used as an ethdev
+ * @return
+ * the port number of the newly created ethdev, or -1 on error
+ */
+int rte_eth_from_ring(struct rte_ring *r);
#ifdef __cplusplus
}