It may even be possible to simply log the error and continue on letting the user check the logs and restart the application when things are failed.
Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <acon...@redhat.com> --- lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c index 2fdafaa..e77d7f7 100644 --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c @@ -938,8 +938,11 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv) rte_panic("Cannot probe devices\n"); /* Probe & Initialize PCI devices */ - if (rte_eal_pci_probe()) - rte_panic("Cannot probe PCI\n"); + if (rte_eal_pci_probe()) { + RTE_LOG (ERR, EAL, "Cannot probe PCI\n"); + rte_errno = ENOTSUP; + return -1; + } if (rte_eal_dev_init() < 0) rte_panic("Cannot init pmd devices\n"); -- 2.7.4