[dpdk-dev] [RFC 03/10] virtio: allow starting with link down

[Stephen Hemminger]

Starting driver with link down should be ok, it is with every
other driver. So just allow it.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>

---
 lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c |    6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c     2014-08-25 19:00:05.498525861 
-0700
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c     2014-08-25 19:00:05.494525839 
-0700
@@ -969,14 +969,12 @@ virtio_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev
                vtpci_read_dev_config(hw,
                                offsetof(struct virtio_net_config, status),
                                &status, sizeof(status));
-               if ((status & VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP) == 0) {
+               if ((status & VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP) == 0)
                        PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "Port: %d Link is DOWN",
                                     dev->data->port_id);
-                       return -EIO;
-               } else {
+               else
                        PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "Port: %d Link is UP",
                                     dev->data->port_id);
-               }
        }
        vtpci_reinit_complete(hw);