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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 29/32] net/i40e: parse more VF parameter
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Hi, Ferruh,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yigit, Ferruh
> Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 11:19 PM
> To: Lu, Wenzhuo <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Chen, Jing D <jing.d.chen@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 29/32] net/i40e: parse more VF paramete=
r
> and configure
>=20
> On 12/7/2016 3:32 AM, Wenzhuo Lu wrote:
> > When VF requested to configure TX queue, a few parameters are missed
> > to be configured in PF host. This change have more fields parsed and
> > configured for TX context.
>=20
> What is the effect of missing Tx paramters configured?
>=20
> If this cause a bug, this patch should be a fix.
>=20
This need to analyze case by case. If PF driver is serving a DPDK VF client=
,=20
the missing part is OK. If serving a Linux VF client, the missing part will=
=20
cause some unexpected TX queue behaviors.=20

So, this is an enhancement to support Linux VF client.=20

> >
> > Signed-off-by: Chen Jing D(Mark) <jing.d.chen@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c | 4 +++-
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c
> > index 8319c2c..1ad5ed1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c
> > @@ -422,10 +422,12 @@
> >
> >  	/* clear the context structure first */
> >  	memset(&tx_ctx, 0, sizeof(tx_ctx));
> > -	tx_ctx.new_context =3D 1;
> >  	tx_ctx.base =3D txq->dma_ring_addr / I40E_QUEUE_BASE_ADDR_UNIT;
> >  	tx_ctx.qlen =3D txq->ring_len;
> >  	tx_ctx.rdylist =3D rte_le_to_cpu_16(vf->vsi->info.qs_handle[0]);
> > +	tx_ctx.head_wb_ena =3D txq->headwb_enabled;
> > +	tx_ctx.head_wb_addr =3D txq->dma_headwb_addr;
> > +
> >  	err =3D i40e_clear_lan_tx_queue_context(hw, abs_queue_id);
> >  	if (err !=3D I40E_SUCCESS)
> >  		return err;
> >