29/01/2024 08:55, David Marchand: > On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 6:35 AM Rahul Gupta > <rahulg...@linux.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > Looking at what this patch does.. I am under the impression all you > > > really need is rte_eal_init without initial probing. > > > Such behavior can probably be achieved with a allowlist set to a non > > > existing device (like for example "-a 0000:00:00.0"), then later, use > > > device hotplug. > > The patch will be useful to all the adapters irrespective of their > > host plug support. > > I did not say hotplug support is needed. > If what I described already works, this patch adds nothing.
I agree with David. Disabling initial probing should provide what you want. Did you test his proposal?
