Thanks @David Marchand for the quick response.

Regards,
Amiya


On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 6:18 PM David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com> wrote:
On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 1:46 PM David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 1:44 PM Amiya Ranjan Mohakud
> <amiya-ranjan.mohakud@broadcom.com> wrote:
> > I also see a similar error with iavf using dpdk-22.11.1. But in my case, I see  2 more additional error logs showing up during iavf_dev_configure(). It's with ESX-8.0U1 with an inbox driver. Firmware upgrade did not resolve the issue though.
> >
> > 2023-12-08T09:58:00.906 |9322| MSG      [NET] dpdk_log_write:107 iavf_execute_vf_cmd(): Return failure -4 for cmd 27
> > 2023-12-08T09:58:00.906 |9322| MSG      [NET] dpdk_log_write:107 iavf_enable_vlan_strip(): Failed to execute command of OP_ENABLE_VLAN_STRIPPING
> > 2023-12-08T09:58:00.906 |9322| MSG      [NET] dpdk_log_write:107 iavf_dev_init_vlan(): Failed to update vlan offload
> > 2023-12-08T09:58:00.906 |9322| MSG      [NET] dpdk_log_write:107 iavf_dev_configure(): configure VLAN failed: -5
> > 2023-12-08T09:58:01.156 |9322| MSG      [NET] dpdk_log_write:107 iavf_execute_vf_cmd(): Return failure -5 for cmd 14
> >
> > I was currently following up with KaiwenX on this. Attached the mail thread for reference.
> >
> > Could you please let me know if this patch would fix the issue or any more additional fixes are needed?
>
> Those logs above are about actually requesting vlan offloading.
> While in my case, I was not requesting anything.

Ah sorry, I read too quickly and missed the iavf_dev_init_vlan().
Well, it may be related, though I can't produce the mailbox errors in
my case, which seems specific to the ESX PF driver.
And for this, I have no clue what is wrong.


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