[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/5] ethdev: add capability to keep shared objects on restart

[Dmitry Kozlyuk]

> Introducing UNKNOWN state seems wrong to me.
> What should an application do when it is reported?
> Now there's just no way to learn how the PMD behaves, but if it provides a
> response, it can't be "I don't know what I do".
> 
> Here's what I understood from the code, assuming there are no bugs Like
> allowing to stop the port and keep dangling flow handles:
> 
> bnxt        flush
> [...]

N.B.: This part is about flow rules. For indirect actions it is clear.