From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ouyang Changchun Subject: [PATCH v3 03/25] virtio: Allow starting with link down Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 15:23:47 +0800 Message-ID: <1422516249-14596-4-git-send-email-changchun.ouyang@intel.com> References: <1422326164-13697-1-git-send-email-changchun.ouyang@intel.com> <1422516249-14596-1-git-send-email-changchun.ouyang@intel.com> To: dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1422516249-14596-1-git-send-email-changchun.ouyang-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org Sender: "dev" Starting driver with link down should be ok, it is with every other driver. So just allow it. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: Changchun Ouyang --- lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c index dc47e72..5df3b54 100644 --- a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c +++ b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c @@ -1057,14 +1057,12 @@ virtio_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev) vtpci_read_dev_config(hw, offsetof(struct virtio_net_config, status), &status, sizeof(status)); - if ((status & VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP) == 0) { + if ((status & VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP) == 0) PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "Port: %d Link is DOWN", dev->data->port_id); - return -EIO; - } else { + else PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "Port: %d Link is UP", dev->data->port_id); - } } vtpci_reinit_complete(hw); -- 1.8.4.2