This flag was set to zero (but was already zero) and never used. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c 2014-06-13 18:01:14.152978473 -0700 +++ b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c 2014-06-13 18:01:14.144978461 -0700 @@ -927,8 +927,6 @@ virtio_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev /* Tell the host we've known how to drive the device. */ vtpci_set_status(hw, VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_DRIVER); - hw->adapter_stopped = 0; - virtio_dev_cq_start(dev); /* Do final configuration before rx/tx engine starts */ --- a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_pci.h 2014-06-13 18:01:14.152978473 -0700 +++ b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_pci.h 2014-06-13 18:01:40.537011579 -0700 @@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ struct virtio_hw { uint16_t subsystem_vendor_id; uint8_t revision_id; uint8_t mac_addr[ETHER_ADDR_LEN]; - int adapter_stopped; }; /*