Re: [PATCH 03/12] ethdev: add deferred intermediate device state

On Fri,  3 Mar 2017 16:40:25 +0100
Gaetan Rivet [off-list ref] wrote:

This device state means that the device is managed externally, by
whichever party has set this state (PMD or application).

Note: this new device state is only an information. The related device
structure and operators are still valid and can be used normally.

It is however made private by device management helpers within ethdev,
making the device invisible to applications.
---
 lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c | 3 ++-
 lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Might be better to introduce RFC2863 operational states.
This is something management tools might want.