[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/8] net/vdev_netvsc: skip routed netvsc probing

[Thomas Monjalon]

18/01/2018 19:26, Stephen Hemminger:
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 08:43:44 +0000
> Matan Azrad <matan at mellanox.com> wrote:
> 
> > NetVSC netdevices which are already routed should not be probed because
> > they are used for management purposes by the HyperV.
> > 
> > prevent routed netvsc devices probing.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland at mellanox.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Matan Azrad <matan at mellanox.com>
> 
> Just checking for interface IPv4 or IPv6 (non-link local) is enough.
> If device has a L3 address than skip it.
> 
> No need to read route table which maybe huge in some environments.

Stephen, I think you are in a better position to do this improvement.
Can we accept this patch, so you can send a patch on top of it?
Such PMD improvement may be integrated in RC2.