[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 1/2] devtools: allow test-null.sh to run on ppc64le

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Thu Feb 13 23:17:59 CET 2020


13/02/2020 21:58, dwilder:
> On 2020-02-13 12:32, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 13/02/2020 21:24, David Wilder:
> >> - The --no-huge option requires iova-mode=VA.
> >>   On ppc64le iova-mode defaults to PA therefor
> >>   VA mode must be explicitly set.
> > 
> > Should we make VA mode automatic when using --no-huge?
> > Should we log an error message when using --no-huge with PA mode?
> 
> Logging a messages sounds like a good idea.  Ignoring the users request 
> of iova-mode=PA (in the case of x86) and just switching modes would be 
> bad.

Yes, I mean for ppc64, if --no-huge is specified,
would you like to change the default to VA mode?




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