Re: [PATCH 0/3] RFC: implement VF reset for i40e, e1000 and ixgbe

[Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>]

On Tue, 2017-10-24 at 18:17 -0700, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 10/24/2017 6:16 AM, luca.boccassi@gmail.com wrote:
> > From: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
> > 
> > These patches were originally sent by Wenzhuo Lu:
> > 
> > http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/14009/
> > http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/14010/
> > http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/14011/
> > 
> > The current rte_eth_dev_reset API does not correctly reset the VF
> > when the PF flaps on the host. With these patches, at least the
> > ixgbe
> > driver with a X540 card (Linux kernel 4.9 on the host) appears to
> > work correctly.
> > The test is as simple ip link down/up on the host, and then check
> > that
> > traffic still flows through the VF in the guest.
> > 
> > I am not an expert in these PMDs hence the RFC mark - I would like
> > to
> > ask for feedback and help from the PMD maintainers and developers.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > Luca Boccassi (3):
> >   net/i40e: implement VF reset
> >   net/e1000: implement VF reset
> >   net/ixgbe: implement VF reset
> 
> Hi Luca,
> 
> Is this set targets this release?
> Would you mind deferring this to next release, taking account that we
> are so
> close to release?
> 
> Thanks,
> ferruh

Hi Ferruh,

Yes of course, actually not even the next release as it really needs
feedback from the PMD developers/maintainers.
I've marked it as RFC on patchwork as well, is that all that's needed?

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi