[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 06/11] ixgbe: fix rx intr compatible issue with PF mbox

David Marchand david.marchand at 6wind.com
Mon Nov 2 18:06:20 CET 2015


On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Ananyev, Konstantin <
konstantin.ananyev at intel.com> wrote:

> > If you don't want rx/tx, don't poll the port.
>
> Well, the question is why to add an extra restriction here?
>

Well, until I start a port, I would expect it to do nothing.

Probably user deliberately doesn't want to call dev_start() for PF device -
> as he doesn't plan to use it for RX/TX.
> Or might be dev_stop() was called just to do some re-configuration
> (allow to TX scattered packets on the PF queues or so).
> Or dev_start() for PF has not yet been called.
> Why VF should stop working properly because of that?
>

Why not.


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David Marchand


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