[dpdk-users] net/i40e VF state does not track PF state

[Laurent Dumont]

Hey David,

>From the compute, can you check if the VF "link-state" status is set to
"auto"? That parameter is required for the physical state of the PF to be
reflected by the VF.

Thanks



On Mon, Sep 30, 2019, 11:12 AM David Harton (dharton) <dharton at cisco.com>
wrote:

> I'm using i40evf based interfaces using DPDK 18.11.
>
> The host is rhel 7.3 and the PF driver details are:
> ethtool -i enp9s0f1
> driver: i40e
> version: 1.5.10-k
> firmware-version: 6.01 0x800036b8 0.385.33
> expansion-rom-version:
> bus-info: 0000:09:00.1
> supports-statistics: yes
> supports-test: yes
> supports-eeprom-access: yes
> supports-register-dump: yes
> supports-priv-flags: yes
>
> When the PF is shut the VFs are not showing a 'down' state.
>
> Is this a known issue?  Any tips on how to debug?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
>