> On Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:34:56 +0200 > Morten Brørup <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Is there a workaround until this patch is added, if I don't want > > rte_eal_init() to > probe any devices, but I want my application to probe devices later by calling > rte_bus_scan() followed by rte_bus_probe()? > > > > It's not something we really need, so if you don't know it off the top of > > your > head, don't spend time trying to figure it out. > > > > > > Venlig hilsen / Kind regards, > > -Morten Brørup > > We do need it because of the problems with vdev_netvsc. > The issue is that vdev_netvsc tries to setup failsafe on all netvsc devices > it sees, > and it determines which ones are used by OS based on somewhat fragile OS > probes with netlink. > > I would recommend getting rid of vdev_netvsc, or make the the auto scanning > there something that has to be forced by devargs. > But that really is up to the netvsc maintainers.
Hi Morten, Can you use --vdev=net_vdev_netvsc,ignore=1? The ignore devarg is already supported by the vdev_netvsc PMD — when set, the probe function skips all netvsc interface discovery and returns early. Long
