[RFC 0/2] iavf post-reset state restoration updates

[David Marchand]

On Tue, 21 Jul 2026 at 15:09, Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus at intel.com> wrote:
>
> A deprecation notice [1] has been submitted for the iavf auto_reconfig devarg.
>
> The first patch removes the devarg, restoring promiscuous and all-multicast
> modes unconditionally after a VF reset. The second patch limits this
> restoration to VF reset only, avoiding unnecessary work on dev_start.
>
> [1] https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2026-July/341822.html
>
> Ciara Loftus (2):
>   net/iavf: remove auto reconfig devarg
>   net/iavf: restore promiscuous mode only after VF reset
>
>  doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst           |  5 ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst |  5 +++
>  drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf.h          |  1 -
>  drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c   | 62 +++++++++++++++++---------
>  4 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

This lgtm on the principle.
This will conflict with my series that touches mac restoration, but it
should be trivial to resolve.

I'll try to find some time to test this, more likely after the summer period.


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David Marchand