[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] [v3] net/vmxnet3: fix RSS setting on v4

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 3/4/2020 2:35 AM, Eduard Serra Miralles wrote:
> When calling to setup RSS on v4 API, ESX will expect
> IPv4/6 TCP RSS to be set/requested mandatorily.
> 
> This patch will:
> - Set IPv4/6 TCP RSS when these have not been set. A warning
> message is thrown to make sure we warn the application we are
> setting IPv4/6 TCP RSS when not set.
> - An additional check has been added to dodge RSS configuration
> altogether unless MQ_RSS has been requested, similar to v3.
> 
> The alternative (returning error) was considered, the intent
> is to ease the task of setting up and running vmxnet3 in situations
> where it's supposted to be most strightforward (testpmd, pktgen).
> 
> Open bug for this:
> https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=400
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eduard Serra <eserra at vmware.com>
> Acked-by: Yong Wang <yongwang at vmware.com>
> Fixes: 643fba770705 ("net/vmxnet3: v4 boot and guest UDP RSS configuration")

    Bugzilla ID: 400
    Fixes: 643fba770705 ("net/vmxnet3: add v4 boot and guest UDP RSS config")
    Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.