[RFC] net/vdev_netvsc: disable auto-detection by default

[David Marchand]

On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 at 02:43, Stephen Hemminger
<stephen at networkplumber.org> wrote:
>
> The vdev_netvsc driver auto-injects itself on Hyper-V via an
> RTE_INIT constructor. This interferes with tests on github actions
> which uses Azure where the driver probes in forked subprocesses
> and crashes on uninitialized interrupt instances.
>
> Guard the auto-detection behind RTE_LIBRTE_VDEV_NETVSC_AUTO
> (disabled by default). The driver must now be explicitly
> requested with --vdev=net_vdev_netvsc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>

The failure in GHA can be avoided with a simpler:
https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20260223155603.3651641-1-david.marchand@redhat.com/


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David Marchand