Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/ixgbe: fix link status after port reset

[Ye Xiaolong <xiaolong.ye@intel.com>]

On 04/13, Shougang Wang wrote:
>It's a normal behavior to change the link status to up after
>resetting the port. So it is unnecessary to set link down before
>starting port, and changing the link state(link up/down) frequently
>will cause link speed unstable.
>
>Fixes: c3f2fbff78cf ("net/ixgbe: fix link status")
>Cc: stable@dpdk.org
>
>Signed-off-by: Shougang Wang <shougangx.wang@intel.com>
>---
> drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c | 3 ---
> 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
>index 23b3f5b0c..206358b85 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
>@@ -1196,7 +1196,6 @@ eth_ixgbe_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, void *init_params __rte_unused)
> 	diag = ixgbe_bypass_init_hw(hw);
> #else
> 	diag = ixgbe_init_hw(hw);
>-	hw->mac.autotry_restart = false;
> #endif /* RTE_LIBRTE_IXGBE_BYPASS */
> 
> 	/*
>@@ -1307,8 +1306,6 @@ eth_ixgbe_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, void *init_params __rte_unused)
> 	/* enable support intr */
> 	ixgbe_enable_intr(eth_dev);
> 
>-	ixgbe_dev_set_link_down(eth_dev);
>-
> 	/* initialize filter info */
> 	memset(filter_info, 0,
> 	       sizeof(struct ixgbe_filter_info));
>-- 
>2.17.1
>

Applied to dpdk-next-net-intel, Thanks.