[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] virtio: fix link state regression

Yuanhan Liu yuanhan.liu at linux.intel.com
Fri Dec 4 04:29:53 CET 2015


On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 06:08:24PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Support for link state interrupt was broken on virtio by
> 
> commit bda66c418c85 ("ethdev: add device fields from PCI layer")
> 
> This is caused because the actual value of drv_flags is not set
> until after the resource_init has figured out whether it is using
> UIO or direct I/O instructions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> ---
> There maybe other drivers with the same problem. It would have
> been better to move the structure elements (and break ABI) rather
> than assume it safe to copy them. Better to fail compiling.

I see no patch content.

	--yliu


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