> -----Original Message----- > From: Mcnamara, John > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2017 9:07 PM > To: Wang, Xiao W <xiao.w.w...@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org > Cc: Wu, Jingjing <jingjing...@intel.com>; Chen, Jing D > <jing.d.c...@intel.com>; Wang, Xiao W <xiao.w.w...@intel.com> > Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] doc: add switch restart support to fm10k > guide > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Xiao Wang > > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2017 10:37 PM > > To: dev@dpdk.org > > Cc: Wu, Jingjing <jingjing...@intel.com>; Chen, Jing D > > <jing.d.c...@intel.com>; Wang, Xiao W <xiao.w.w...@intel.com> > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] doc: add switch restart support to fm10k > > guide > > > > This patch documents how DPDK app should handle the event of switch quit- > > restart to resume its network without an app-level restart. > > > > Signed-off-by: Xiao Wang <xiao.w.w...@intel.com> > > > I'd suggest some minor changes as follows: > > > Support for Switch Restart > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > For FM10000 multi host based design a DPDK app running in the VM or host > needs > to be aware of the switch's state since it may undergo a quit-restart. When > the switch goes down the DPDK app will receive a LSC event indicating link > status down, and the app should stop the worker threads that are polling on > the Rx/Tx queues. When switch comes up, a LSC event indicating ``LINK_UP`` is > sent to the app, which can then restart the FM100 port to resume network > processing.
Thanks John, I will make it in v2. BRs, Xiao
