Starting driver with link down should be ok, it is with every
other driver. So just allow it.
Signed-off-by: Changchun Ouyang <changchun.ouyang at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
index 78018f9..4bff0fe 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
@@ -1057,14 +1057,12 @@ 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);
--
1.8.4.2
