On Nov 2, 2015 6:23 PM, "Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev at intel.com> wrote: > >>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. > > I thought I explained it above.
Sorry wrong choice of words with this "Why not". I agree with you for this case. -- David Marchand