> -----Original Message----- > From: David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com> > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2023 1:49 PM > To: Dumitrescu, Cristian <cristian.dumitre...@intel.com> > Cc: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@amd.com>; Stephen Hemminger > <step...@networkplumber.org>; Jangra, Yogesh <yogesh.jan...@intel.com>; > Singh, Aman Deep <aman.deep.si...@intel.com>; Zhang, Yuying > <yuying.zh...@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org; R, Kamalakannan > <kamalakanna...@intel.com>; Suresh Narayane, Harshad > <harshad.suresh.naray...@intel.com> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] app/testpmd: fix closing softnic port before ethdev ports > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 2:48 PM Dumitrescu, Cristian > <cristian.dumitre...@intel.com> wrote: > > > Why not fix the misbehaving drivers, instead of working around for > > > softnic, as Stephen suggested? > > > > > > Is there a list of problematic drivers? > > > > > > > Ferruh, I think this is not a reasonable request. We don't have the > > expertise to > fix all drivers, not the hardware to test all drivers. > > Then, please report the issues. > I am also NAKing this horror. > > > -- > David Marchand
Hi David, Your ideas on how to fix this issue would be way more helpful than your NAK😉 Can you please explain why this fix is a problem? We have device X that sits on top of devices A, B, C, ... who are created and started before device X, to me it makes sense to stop device X first before stopping A, B, C, ... Thanks, Cristian
