Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] app/testpmd: do not enable Rx offloads by default

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

29/01/2018 12:33, Moti Haimovsky:
> Removed the hardcoded preconfigured Rx offload configuration from
> testpmd and changed the Rx offload command line parameters from
> disable to enable.
> Testers who wish to use these offloads will now have to explicitly
> write them in the command-line when running testpmd.
> 
> Motivation:
> Some PMDs such at the mlx4 may not implement all the offloads.
> After the offload API rework assuming no offload is enabled by default,
>   commit ce17eddefc20 ("ethdev: introduce Rx queue offloads API")
>   commit cba7f53b717d ("ethdev: introduce Tx queue offloads API") trying
> to enable a not supported offload is clearly an error which will cause
> configuration failing.
> 
> Considering that testpmd is an application to test the PMD, it should
> not fail on a configuration which was not explicitly requested.
> The behavior of this test application is then turned to an opt-in
> model.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Moti Haimovsky <motih@mellanox.com>

This is a very good step in the right direction
because testpmd is a tool app.
So testpmd must not enable anything without explicit user request.

The next step will be to check the offload capabilities
before enabling them.
If a requested capability is not available, it should return
either an error, or a warning.

I want to merge this first patch in 18.02-rc2,
because some drivers (lacking some capabilities) cannot be tested
without explicitly disabling the forced offloads.