On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 09:18:00AM +0000, Yang, Qiming wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:tho...@monjalon.net] > > Sent: Friday, September 15, 2017 4:43 PM > > To: Yang, Qiming <qiming.y...@intel.com> > > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Tan, Jianfeng <jianfeng....@intel.com>; Thotton, Shijith > > <shijith.thot...@cavium.com>; Hu, Xuekun <xuekun...@intel.com>; Yigit, > > Ferruh <ferruh.yi...@intel.com>; Patil, Harish <harish.pa...@cavium.com>; > > Gregory Etelson <greg...@weka.io>; sta...@dpdk.org > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] vf init issue with patch igb_uio: issue FLR during > > open > > and release of device file > > > > Hi > > > > 15/09/2017 10:04, Yang, Qiming: > > > Hi, Thomas > > > We meet a urgent issue because of Shijith's patch. > > > When use DPDK version 17.08, DPDK VF driver and kernel PF driver, i40e, > > > ixgbe > > and qede(Harish said) VF all meet initial failure. > > > > This patch has been integrated in DPDK 17.08-rc2 (2 months ago). > > Why a so obvious issue is discovered only now? > > > > > This issue only occurred when use 17.08 igb_uio, vfio-pci and 17.05 > > > igb_uio all > > works well. > > > Considering this issue will block our vf driver develop and test work, > > > could we > > revert this patch first and find another appropriate way? > > > > We need to be sure the revert is the right solution because it will be > > backported > > to the stable 17.08 release. > > > > Shijith suggests to "try removing pci_reset_function from igbuio_pci_open." > > Can we try this first? > > Are we sure the bug is not in new firmwares? > > I have tried to remove pci_reset_function, it works in my environment, but it > doesn't work in someone's enviroment. > And removing this function won't it changes the original purpose of his > patch? So I'm not sure it is a good solution. > This bug is not a firmware version related issue, we can reproduce stably > with older firmware. >
There is a reset during release which was suggested as a fix by Gregory for an issue he faced with i40e VF[1]. Removing it can cause problems for him. 1. http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-May/066317.html