X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Flibrte_eal%2Fcommon%2Feal_common_vdev.c;h=7d6e54f44693fcec27ecf16b2431c3fa6dc56119;hb=2eed820fd4fdea456103402e0ad13f955321e6cc;hp=8b05f50e8b089b5d77c59633a59b604fd12d21c9;hpb=5fc07e3eb7599d5b5995e28f5d727367a7fa9c0e;p=dpdk.git

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_vdev.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_vdev.c
index 8b05f50e8b..7d6e54f446 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_vdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_vdev.c
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ rte_eal_vdev_init(const char *name, const char *args)
 			return driver->probe(name, args);
 	}
 
+	/* Give new names precedence over aliases. */
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(driver, &vdev_driver_list, next) {
+		if (driver->driver.alias &&
+		    !strncmp(driver->driver.alias, name,
+			    strlen(driver->driver.alias)))
+			return driver->probe(name, args);
+	}
+
 	RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "no driver found for %s\n", name);
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
@@ -103,6 +111,14 @@ rte_eal_vdev_uninit(const char *name)
 			return driver->remove(name);
 	}
 
+	/* Give new names precedence over aliases. */
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(driver, &vdev_driver_list, next) {
+		if (driver->driver.alias &&
+		    !strncmp(driver->driver.alias, name,
+			    strlen(driver->driver.alias)))
+			return driver->remove(name);
+	}
+
 	RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "no driver found for %s\n", name);
 	return -EINVAL;
 }