ipc: handle unsupported IPC in sync request

[dpdk.git] / lib / librte_ethdev / rte_ethdev_driver.h

diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev_driver.h b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev_driver.h
index 3640dff..f227480 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev_driver.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev_driver.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ struct rte_eth_dev *rte_eth_dev_allocated(const char *name);
  * to that slot for the driver to use.
  *
  * @param      name    Unique identifier name for each Ethernet device
- * @param      type    Device type of this Ethernet device
  * @return
  *   - Slot in the rte_dev_devices array for a new device;
  */
@@ -59,10 +58,17 @@ struct rte_eth_dev *rte_eth_dev_attach_secondary(const char *name);
 
 /**
  * @internal
- * Release the specified ethdev port.
+ * Notify RTE_ETH_EVENT_DESTROY and release the specified ethdev port.
+ *
+ * The following PMD-managed data fields will be freed:
+ *   - dev_private
+ *   - mac_addrs
+ *   - hash_mac_addrs
+ * If one of these fields should not be freed,
+ * it must be reset to NULL by the PMD, typically in dev_close method.
  *
  * @param eth_dev
- * The *eth_dev* pointer is the address of the *rte_eth_dev* structure.
+ * Device to be detached.
  * @return
  *   - 0 on success, negative on error
  */
@@ -106,6 +112,8 @@ int _rte_eth_dev_callback_process(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
  * This is the last step of device probing.
  * It must be called after a port is allocated and initialized successfully.
  *
+ * The notification RTE_ETH_EVENT_NEW is sent to other entities
+ * (libraries and applications).
  * The state is set as RTE_ETH_DEV_ATTACHED.
  *
  * @param dev
@@ -309,7 +317,7 @@ typedef int (*ethdev_uninit_t)(struct rte_eth_dev *ethdev);
  * @warning
  * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
  *
- * PMD helper function for cleaing up the resources of a ethdev port on it's
+ * PMD helper function for cleaning up the resources of a ethdev port on it's
  * destruction.
  *
  * @param ethdev