-----Original Message----- From: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 6:44 PM To: Harish Patil <harish.pa...@cavium.com> Cc: "ferruh.yi...@intel.com" <ferruh.yi...@intel.com>, "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>, Dept-Eng DPDK Dev <dept-engdpdk...@cavium.com>, "Mody, Rasesh" <rasesh.m...@cavium.com> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/8] net/qede: fix to disable per-VF Tx switching feature
>08/11/2017 02:34, Patil, Harish: >> >> --- a/config/common_base >> >> +++ b/config/common_base >> >> +CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_VF_TX_SWITCH=n >> > >> >We should remove all compile-time options because they cannot be used >> >when DPDK is pre-packaged. >> >That's why the rule is "NO NEW COMPILE TIME OPTION". >> > >> >After discussion with Ferruh, this patch is accepted as a hotfix. >> >But this option is expected to be removed quickly. >> >I've sent a patch to remove this option in 18.02: >> > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-November/081488.html >> >It gives you some time to supersede my patch by introducing a >> >run-time driver option. >> > >> >Thanks >> >> Hi Thomas, >> Sure, thanks, we will address before 18.02-rc1. >> Do you have any example on how to add a run-time driver option? >> Does it mean to introduce some change in ethdev? > >It is done by parsing devargs with rte_kvargs. >Examples: > http://dpdk.org/commit/447e0d379 > http://dpdk.org/commit/001a520e4 > http://dpdk.org/commit/7958b1310 Thanks Thomas. >
