From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-oi0-f53.google.com (mail-oi0-f53.google.com [209.85.218.53]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA98C8E92 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 2015 18:45:58 +0100 (CET) Received: by oiad129 with SMTP id d129so99151801oia.0 for ; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 09:45:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind_com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=5F08HgscwknDRUxaimo5hJYOJolvlC04sU+uBnQzNxA=; b=fg52nLApAX3JIPwIbvS8GrqhPz+O3VP3PfZgH9H7VpQtfsYoK4/uYqvNmq/aXdsBuV J660l/XwdcQ8kok0QLRovPNc2mVLW8EoffpJQHwytYGNlJuDBGL7y7GcYuokRmHHjSu2 OGH6uzAXVJHorzYZc5Gq84aqW8YKzmhay/TpWNhid3DnoIDJFUG8Jc1tT+niIpQyYjla 51wPssd0kLsK/cOlo0RT3jouGEVZJL85/2sg3Uhel2C7RLvgZVzvZrtUvKryV3Qdd3le q2K/iUeR3wwth13BUVluKlSbGT652TiyqhNepWz5l9+IIGBcRBWXy22NyX3mUDHcyohH iYug== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=5F08HgscwknDRUxaimo5hJYOJolvlC04sU+uBnQzNxA=; b=ZuGHkABwDOwwwiZR9xxB+o5OnrsqCCD4SaCETJy4LAjOu6EFcs6Tr+kySgmLgrD33c lnjgwKFtvkcymMWvtVRfPIWHt0rHizXAoRlDvn878GEhRrz/yHsgtrlVa8IeQyJNVrzO xUx2V8g3s2l8nO6oCphhJ/qVF2Aub+3CgKZfenNOsYqJDal1NegV+m1vXk0Z+AFhxIVL KKDZvDhP4Xr+Whb6hFpHbtLrdOIxCFYZGlgVcPC0GIQs149YKu8sG35C2mQNsTRD9L+O j0e78TuqolIbJm14tHEwLkPGgs/yw6bh7v8sU+exGPRgjHmdALvBj39cS6KwyrZuO6bw IXog== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmS5tsKSt31uCmd9uvuYGjS/4cps+lIhwI7rwQHp8M/FW2ViZs0ATDk37X9MWvxamMqSs81 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.202.57.133 with SMTP id g127mr8277399oia.0.1446486358194; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 09:45:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.131.166 with HTTP; Mon, 2 Nov 2015 09:45:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.131.166 with HTTP; Mon, 2 Nov 2015 09:45:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB97725836AB86FC@irsmsx105.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <1443072831-19065-1-git-send-email-cunming.liang@intel.com> <1443072831-19065-7-git-send-email-cunming.liang@intel.com> <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB97725836AB85D6@irsmsx105.ger.corp.intel.com> <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB97725836AB862D@irsmsx105.ger.corp.intel.com> <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB97725836AB8655@irsmsx105.ger.corp.intel.com> <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB97725836AB86FC@irsmsx105.ger.corp.intel.com> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 18:45:58 +0100 Message-ID: From: David Marchand To: "Ananyev, Konstantin" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.15 Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 06/11] ixgbe: fix rx intr compatible issue with PF mbox X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2015 17:45:59 -0000 On Nov 2, 2015 6:23 PM, "Ananyev, Konstantin" wrote: > >>Probably user deliberately doesn't want to call dev_start() for PF device - > >>as he doesn't plan to use it for RX/TX. > >>Or might be dev_stop() was called just to do some re-configuration > >>(allow to TX scattered packets on the PF queues or so). > >>Or dev_start() for PF has not yet been called. > >>Why VF should stop working properly because of that? > > >Why not. > > I thought I explained it above. Sorry wrong choice of words with this "Why not". I agree with you for this case. -- David Marchand