> -----Original Message----- ... > > > > > Regarding the KNI crash, it can be avoid by first checking the exiting > > > mode(rte_eal_iova_mode()). i.e since legacy driver like KNI need real > > > physical address to work "now", it can grace full exit on the init time if > > > mode == IOVA_VA; > > > > For the KNI crash, do we really need to correct the case: make those PMDs > > (requires IOVA_VA) also work well with KNI? > > - If no, we just need to report RTE_PCI_DRV_IOVA_AS_VA smartly. > > - If yes, we shall make KNI work with VA. > > I would say "yes". But for this immediate release, I would say "no".
Ferruh, if you also agree on "no" for now, we might fix it like this: For PMDs like ixgbe/i40e/..., we detect if phys_addrs_available to decide RTE_PCI_DRV_IOVA_AS_VA in a RTE_INIT function. How do you think of that? Thanks, Jianfeng
