Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/2] net/mlx5: cache the associated network device ifindex

Hi, > -Original Message- > From: dev On Behalf Of Viacheslav Ovsiienko > Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2019 5:57 PM > To: dev@dpdk.org > Cc: Yongseok Koh ; Shahaf Shuler > ; step...@networkplumber.org > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/2] net/mlx5: cache the associated net

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/2] net/mlx5: cache the associated network device ifindex

In mlx5 PMD the associated device index is retrieved via Netlink request to underlying Infiniband device driver. This network device index is permanent throughout the lifetime of device. We do not spawn the rte_eth_dev ports without associated network device, and if network device is being unbound