> > This patch fixes checking the link state of a virtual function. If the > > state has > > already been checked, it does not need to be checked again. Previously, > > get_link_status in the ixgbe_hw struct was used to track if the information > > had already been retrieved, but this field was always set to false > > (signifying > > that the information was up-to-date). The problem was introduced by > > commit 8ef32003 which was part of a patch set to update the ixgbe portion of > > the PMD. This patch does not break consistency with the ixgbevf driver. > > Instead, it fixes the problem at the level of DPDK. > > > > Applications that rely on the reported link speed could fail without this > > patch. > > The qos_sched example application provided with DPDK did not run when > > virtual functions were used. The output for this example application is > > shown > > below: > > > > EAL: Error - exiting with code: 1 > > Cause: Unable to config sched subport 0, err=-2 > > > > The problem and the effect of the patch can been seen by running the l2fwd > > example application using the following command: > > > > sudo ./build/l2fwd -c 0x3 -n 4 -- -p 0x3 -T 0 > > > > Before the patch has been applied (with both links up): > > ... > > Checking link statusdone > > Port 0 Link Up - speed 100 Mbps - half-duplex > > > > Port 1 Link Up - speed 100 Mbps - half-duplex > > > > L2FWD: entering main loop on lcore 1 > > ... > > > > After the patch has been applied (with both links up): > > ... > > Checking link statusdone > > Port 0 Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex Port 1 Link Up - speed 10000 > > Mbps - full-duplex > > L2FWD: entering main loop on lcore 1 > > ... > > > > Before the patch has been applied (with link 0 down, link 1 up): > > ... > > Checking link statusdone > > Port 0 Link Up - speed 100 Mbps - half-duplex > > > > Port 1 Link Up - speed 100 Mbps - half-duplex > > > > L2FWD: entering main loop on lcore 1 > > ... > > > > After the patch has been applied (with link 0 down, link 1 up): > > ... > > Checking link > > status............................................................ > > ..............................done > > Port 0 Link Down > > Port 1 Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex ... > > > > Signed-off-by: Balazs Nemeth <balazs.nemeth at intel.com> > > --- > > > > changes v2: > > * Include more elaborate explanation of the problem in the commit message > > * Fix the issue at the level of DPDK not touching ixgbe driver code > > > > lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c | 10 +++++++++- > > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > Acked-by: Sergio Gonzalez Monroy <sergio.gonzalez.monroy at intel.com>
Applied Thanks -- Thomas
