On Tue, 2017-10-24 at 18:17 -0700, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > On 10/24/2017 6:16 AM, luca.bocca...@gmail.com wrote: > > From: Luca Boccassi <bl...@debian.org> > > > > These patches were originally sent by Wenzhuo Lu: > > > > http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/14009/ > > http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/14010/ > > http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/14011/ > > > > The current rte_eth_dev_reset API does not correctly reset the VF > > when the PF flaps on the host. With these patches, at least the > > ixgbe > > driver with a X540 card (Linux kernel 4.9 on the host) appears to > > work correctly. > > The test is as simple ip link down/up on the host, and then check > > that > > traffic still flows through the VF in the guest. > > > > I am not an expert in these PMDs hence the RFC mark - I would like > > to > > ask for feedback and help from the PMD maintainers and developers. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Luca Boccassi (3): > > net/i40e: implement VF reset > > net/e1000: implement VF reset > > net/ixgbe: implement VF reset > > Hi Luca, > > Is this set targets this release? > Would you mind deferring this to next release, taking account that we > are so > close to release? > > Thanks, > ferruh
Hi Ferruh, Yes of course, actually not even the next release as it really needs feedback from the PMD developers/maintainers. I've marked it as RFC on patchwork as well, is that all that's needed? -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
