[dpdk-dev] [EXT] Re: [PATCH 1/2] event/octeontx2: remove selftest from dev args
Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
pbhagavatula at marvell.com
Thu Nov 19 14:30:59 CET 2020
>On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 1:24 PM <pbhagavatula at marvell.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
>>
>> Since selftest now depends on dynamic mbuf fields it is not
>> feasible to run selftest on device probe.
>
>Indeed, this is something that I missed with the seqn rework.
>Can't you call rte_event_dev_selftest() from within the pmd?
>
We can but generally selftest is run as a safety net before an
custom application runs but now since selftest uses dynamic
mbuf fields the custom application would be starved of that
field since there is no way to unregister it.
Regards,
Pavan.
>
>--
>David Marchand
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