From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-oi0-f45.google.com (mail-oi0-f45.google.com [209.85.218.45]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36D5A5A50 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 2015 17:03:30 +0100 (CET) Received: by oies66 with SMTP id s66so96801116oie.1 for ; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 08:03:29 -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=fyemnkMmpBp4oV+9HAGbuj2Qu1uoByzFdMlHNsmrgWo=; b=eqndFzKScnVC0HySIDBiPpgXJwGZmTfAmBgHi1rNMYEBQK5gnMcwYrYSONzquPO7bk Q1iGn+1vYIlIKaf7pAvWSTMBrPiJifSuIbU3cfNnwyleyb01xCeTp1fLmt9LnUZB9OeP RHniEyY3ywA5b5fAWZuMn/LfFkX0Hp2xEfEnTi+AJArwWi9WlIS+DxxW5iR1TW2P2XD/ F/vWj/68XobCV86VdwIaQ+60E++IZb4mq2GWtEezajBBs/wXiE3SZV4WrYsONCgfUfUJ Xc+atStjEuyrJCoz3WllETVf9XPgPnBshklSGHFrgI3sNN4g692UfexQi8qWziGZtGRx mpjQ== 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=fyemnkMmpBp4oV+9HAGbuj2Qu1uoByzFdMlHNsmrgWo=; b=mrRruSWcjrSgDj1g9EESUcWpGzI0TIYsEmFdJ+plWzLzsuMzknhO17U2Ha7XO4NQsl 827uuY6kxQ2e5T70e90ry8XDnj8TlZCkJM8Oqpwd9TO/+rHr4oboOQCMBe82/f6amABI Yt8Mm/YbFZNT7Xt6DuWDCKSmf56yXhy4DzUPGq7+M3Z7ECjLJIUEJFEVOrDJP13NfhMw O1fJzd66cMnhpm1rOx74hm0zRBGcOqexJ6AE9DP0DGV9kUeTNe+PioagAPtH42gBAMke wMTuK5NPaVQr2TrV/ujZAkyerfkhTYvwMoYRGh9D78aaVpmVMphYAAgxZavkyM2nFwqK z/pQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnBDyjZmYSN+c2fnuFHsqo6qL2v4F9/FtDGLi1sLcD5d1FybY5jYfcFMS5OntahVxWG/802 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.202.102.88 with SMTP id a85mr13230990oic.90.1446480209520; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 08:03:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.131.166 with HTTP; Mon, 2 Nov 2015 08:03:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1443072831-19065-7-git-send-email-cunming.liang@intel.com> References: <1443072831-19065-1-git-send-email-cunming.liang@intel.com> <1443072831-19065-7-git-send-email-cunming.liang@intel.com> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 17:03:29 +0100 Message-ID: From: David Marchand To: Cunming Liang 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 16:03:30 -0000 On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Cunming Liang wrote: > When ixgbe runs as a PF, mbox interrupt is prerequisite to make VF start > normally. > And PF sometimes won't 'dev_start', so the mbox interrupt register during > 'dev_init' is required. > Can you describe the cases/situations where you would want a device to handle interrupts while not started ? Thanks. -- David Marchand