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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Topel, Bjorn
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 2:47 AM
> To: Zhang, Helin <helin.zhang@intel.com>; David Marchand
> <david.marchand@6wind.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Wu, Jingjing <jingjing.wu@intel.com>
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] i40evf: Ignore disabled HW CRC strip for =
Linux PF
> hosts
>=20
> >> Not sure this is the right way to handle it.  The driver should
> >> return an error rather than silently discard what the application
> >> asked.
> >
> > I also think it should return an error with checking if the host is
> > kernel driver, and crc strip is disabled in VF.  Thank you David!
>=20
> Thanks for reviewing my patch, Helin and David.
>=20
> I agree that it's subtle to ignore the error, and just log the error. Thi=
s is how
> ixgbevf behaves (refer to ixgbevf_dev_configure), so I figured that i40ev=
f should
> behave analogous.
>=20
> I'll submit a v2 of the patch that returns an EINVAL and logs the failure=
.
>=20
> Would it make sense to change the ixgbevf_dev_configure as well, in a sep=
arate
> patch?
Yes, I agree with you that ixgbe and i40e should be consistent. Thank you!

/Helin

>=20
>=20
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>=20
> Noted. Will make sure to fix that for future revisions. Thanks!
>=20
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