On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 05:00:47PM +0800, Wang Xiao W wrote:
> When app tries promisc/allmulti setting, fm10k will check if a valid glort
> is acquired, if not then exit without doing anything. It's a long journey
> for VF to acquire glort info from VF to PF mailbox, PF to switch mailbox.
> It could be a long interval that's out of DPDK's control. Thus, app may
I think the use of "thus" here is wrong, as I suspect that the failure is not
due to the "long interval that's out of DPDK's control", but instead due to
not having a valid glort.
> fail on promisc/allmulti setting in VF. In fact, we don't need a valid
> glort value in VF, so this patch just skips the glort check for VF.
>
> Fixes: df02ba864695 ("fm10k: support promiscuous mode")
>
> Signed-off-by: Wang Xiao W <xiao.w.wang at intel.com>
I rework this commit message for you on apply. Please check the updated version
when done.
/Bruce
