This patchset stems from [1]. Not all PMDs allow RTE flow rule creation before device start. Introduced capability marks the ones that allow it. The capability is then used to fix flow rule creation for dedicated queues in slave devices in bonding.
The introduced capa _will need to be set_ for all appropriate PMDs in `rte_eth_dev_info->dev_capa`. That is not pretty, but it holds the semantics of a capability correctly, as opposed to making it a requirement to have the device started before creating flow rules. [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@dpdk.org/msg214840.html Martin Havlik (2): lib/ethdev: introduce RTE_ETH_DEV_CAPA_FLOW_CREATE_BEFORE_START net/bonding: require started device for dedicated queues drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_pmd.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------ lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) -- 2.27.0
