#endif
}
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Allocate an unique switch domain identifier.
+ *
+ * A pool of switch domain identifiers which can be allocated on request. This
+ * will enabled devices which support the concept of switch domains to request
+ * a switch domain id which is guaranteed to be unique from other devices
+ * running in the same process.
+ *
+ * @param domain_id
+ * switch domain identifier parameter to pass back to application
+ *
+ * @return
+ * Negative errno value on error, 0 on success.
+ */
+int __rte_experimental
+rte_eth_switch_domain_alloc(uint16_t *domain_id);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Free switch domain.
+ *
+ * Return a switch domain identifier to the pool of free identifiers after it is
+ * no longer in use by device.
+ *
+ * @param domain_id
+ * switch domain identifier to free
+ *
+ * @return
+ * Negative errno value on error, 0 on success.
+ */
+int __rte_experimental
+rte_eth_switch_domain_free(uint16_t domain_id);
+
+/** Generic Ethernet device arguments */
+struct rte_eth_devargs {
+ uint16_t ports[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
+ /** port/s number to enable on a multi-port single function */
+ uint16_t nb_ports;
+ /** number of ports in ports field */
+ uint16_t representor_ports[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
+ /** representor port/s identifier to enable on device */
+ uint16_t nb_representor_ports;
+ /** number of ports in representor port field */
+};
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * PMD helper function to parse ethdev arguments
+ *
+ * @param devargs
+ * device arguments
+ * @param eth_devargs
+ * parsed ethdev specific arguments.
+ *
+ * @return
+ * Negative errno value on error, 0 on success.
+ */
+int __rte_experimental
+rte_eth_devargs_parse(const char *devargs, struct rte_eth_devargs *eth_devargs);
+
+
+typedef int (*ethdev_init_t)(struct rte_eth_dev *ethdev, void *init_params);
+typedef int (*ethdev_bus_specific_init)(struct rte_eth_dev *ethdev,
+ void *bus_specific_init_params);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * PMD helper function for the creation of a new ethdev ports.
+ *
+ * @param device
+ * rte_device handle.
+ * @param name
+ * port name.
+ * @param priv_data_size
+ * size of private data required for port.
+ * @param bus_specific_init
+ * port bus specific initialisation callback function
+ * @param bus_init_params
+ * port bus specific initialisation parameters
+ * @param ethdev_init
+ * device specific port initialization callback function
+ * @param init_params
+ * port initialisation parameters
+ *
+ * @return
+ * Negative errno value on error, 0 on success.
+ */
+int __rte_experimental
+rte_eth_dev_create(struct rte_device *device, const char *name,
+ size_t priv_data_size,
+ ethdev_bus_specific_init bus_specific_init, void *bus_init_params,
+ ethdev_init_t ethdev_init, void *init_params);
+
+
+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
+ * destruction.
+ *
+ * @param ethdev
+ * ethdev handle of port.
+ * @param ethdev_uninit
+ * device specific port un-initialise callback function
+ *
+ * @return
+ * Negative errno value on error, 0 on success.
+ */
+int __rte_experimental
+rte_eth_dev_destroy(struct rte_eth_dev *ethdev, ethdev_uninit_t ethdev_uninit);
+
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif