From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Long Li <longli@microsoft.com>
Cc: "Morten Brørup" <mb@smartsharesystems.com>,
"David Marchand" <david.marchand@redhat.com>,
"Bruce Richardson" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
"Robin Jarry" <rjarry@redhat.com>,
"Hemant Agrawal" <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>,
"Maxime Leroy" <maxime@leroys.fr>,
"Kevin Traynor" <ktraynor@redhat.com>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
"matan@nvidia.com" <matan@nvidia.com>,
"Wei Hu" <weh@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] Rework device probing
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:50:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260410155016.521bb3d8@phoenix.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <LV0PR21MB6670C8CFBCD121494E58FEE2CE592@LV0PR21MB6670.namprd21.prod.outlook.com>
On Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:13:36 +0000
Long Li <longli@microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > We do need it because of the problems with vdev_netvsc.
> > The issue is that vdev_netvsc tries to setup failsafe on all netvsc devices it sees,
> > and it determines which ones are used by OS based on somewhat fragile OS
> > probes with netlink.
> >
> > I would recommend getting rid of vdev_netvsc, or make the the auto scanning
> > there something that has to be forced by devargs.
> > But that really is up to the netvsc maintainers.
>
> Hi Morten,
>
> Can you use --vdev=net_vdev_netvsc,ignore=1? The ignore devarg is already supported by the vdev_netvsc PMD — when set, the probe function skips all netvsc interface discovery and returns early.
>
> Long
The issue is the CI runs on github (Azure) and therefore vdev_netvsc triggers.
Too much of a nuisance to change every test. The vdev_netvsc hack should be opt-in not opt-out
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-10 22:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 86+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-23 10:52 [PATCH 0/8] Rework device probing David Marchand
2026-03-23 10:52 ` [PATCH 1/8] devtools: check packet forwarding in null test David Marchand
2026-03-23 10:52 ` [PATCH 2/8] bus/fslmc: fix bus cleanup David Marchand
2026-03-23 16:59 ` Kevin Traynor
2026-03-26 8:22 ` David Marchand
2026-03-26 8:49 ` Kevin Traynor
2026-03-24 5:15 ` Hemant Agrawal
2026-03-24 5:15 ` Hemant Agrawal
2026-03-23 10:52 ` [PATCH 3/8] drivers/bus: require probe function for NXP drivers David Marchand
2026-03-23 16:59 ` Kevin Traynor
2026-03-24 5:15 ` Hemant Agrawal
2026-03-23 10:52 ` [PATCH 4/8] drivers: cleanup devargs lookup in bus scan David Marchand
2026-03-24 5:16 ` Hemant Agrawal
2026-03-24 14:13 ` Kevin Traynor
2026-03-24 16:10 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-23 10:52 ` [PATCH 5/8] bus: factorize devargs lookup David Marchand
2026-03-24 14:16 ` Kevin Traynor
2026-03-24 16:11 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-23 10:53 ` [PATCH 6/8] bus: factorize device selection David Marchand
2026-03-24 14:15 ` Kevin Traynor
2026-03-26 8:48 ` David Marchand
2026-03-24 16:12 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-23 10:53 ` [PATCH 7/8] bus: remove per bus scan mode David Marchand
2026-03-24 16:02 ` Kevin Traynor
2026-03-24 16:27 ` Kevin Traynor
2026-03-26 8:54 ` David Marchand
2026-03-23 10:53 ` [PATCH 8/8] eal: configure initial device probing David Marchand
2026-03-25 10:57 ` Kevin Traynor
2026-03-24 5:17 ` [PATCH 0/8] Rework " Hemant Agrawal
2026-03-25 15:22 ` Maxime Leroy
2026-03-26 10:24 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] " David Marchand
2026-03-26 10:24 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] devtools: check packet forwarding in null test David Marchand
2026-03-26 10:24 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] bus/fslmc: fix bus cleanup David Marchand
2026-03-26 11:50 ` Kevin Traynor
2026-03-26 10:24 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] drivers/bus: require probe function for NXP drivers David Marchand
2026-03-26 10:24 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] drivers: cleanup devargs lookup in bus scan David Marchand
2026-03-28 3:13 ` fengchengwen
2026-03-26 10:24 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] bus: factorize devargs lookup David Marchand
2026-03-26 11:51 ` Kevin Traynor
2026-03-28 3:33 ` fengchengwen
2026-04-03 14:22 ` David Marchand
2026-03-26 10:24 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] bus: factorize device selection David Marchand
2026-03-26 11:52 ` Kevin Traynor
2026-03-28 3:38 ` fengchengwen
2026-03-26 10:24 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] eal: configure initial device probing David Marchand
2026-03-28 4:00 ` fengchengwen
2026-04-03 14:25 ` David Marchand
2026-04-07 11:52 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] Rework " David Marchand
2026-04-07 11:52 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] devtools: check packet forwarding in null test David Marchand
2026-04-07 11:52 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] bus/fslmc: fix bus cleanup David Marchand
2026-04-07 11:52 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] drivers/bus: require probe function for NXP drivers David Marchand
2026-04-07 11:52 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] drivers/bus: cleanup devargs lookup in scan David Marchand
2026-04-07 11:52 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] bus: factorize devargs lookup David Marchand
2026-04-08 1:18 ` fengchengwen
2026-04-13 19:18 ` Thomas Monjalon
2026-04-13 19:48 ` Thomas Monjalon
2026-04-14 10:26 ` Thomas Monjalon
2026-04-14 10:43 ` David Marchand
2026-04-07 11:52 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] bus: factorize device selection David Marchand
2026-04-13 19:30 ` Thomas Monjalon
2026-04-15 9:53 ` Bruce Richardson
2026-04-07 11:52 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] eal: configure initial device probing David Marchand
2026-04-08 1:44 ` fengchengwen
2026-04-13 20:35 ` Thomas Monjalon
2026-04-07 11:58 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] Rework " David Marchand
2026-04-07 15:12 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-10 14:34 ` Morten Brørup
2026-04-10 15:16 ` Kevin Traynor
2026-04-10 17:37 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-10 21:13 ` [EXTERNAL] " Long Li
2026-04-10 22:50 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2026-04-11 7:30 ` Morten Brørup
2026-04-11 10:10 ` David Marchand
2026-04-11 10:23 ` David Marchand
2026-04-13 13:34 ` Morten Brørup
2026-04-15 10:05 ` Bruce Richardson
2026-04-14 12:38 ` [PATCH v4 " David Marchand
2026-04-14 12:38 ` [PATCH v4 1/7] devtools: check packet forwarding in null test David Marchand
2026-04-14 12:38 ` [PATCH v4 2/7] bus/fslmc: fix bus cleanup David Marchand
2026-04-14 12:38 ` [PATCH v4 3/7] drivers/bus: require probe function for NXP drivers David Marchand
2026-04-14 12:38 ` [PATCH v4 4/7] drivers/bus: cleanup devargs lookup in scan David Marchand
2026-04-14 12:38 ` [PATCH v4 5/7] bus: factorize devargs lookup David Marchand
2026-04-14 12:38 ` [PATCH v4 6/7] bus: factorize device selection David Marchand
2026-04-14 12:38 ` [PATCH v4 7/7] eal: configure initial device probing David Marchand
2026-04-14 14:45 ` Thomas Monjalon
2026-04-15 7:07 ` [PATCH v4 0/7] Rework " David Marchand
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