From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7BBFEEC2A8 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:01:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16400402E5; Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:01:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-ot1-f41.google.com (mail-ot1-f41.google.com [209.85.210.41]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 156834027F for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:01:19 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-ot1-f41.google.com with SMTP id 46e09a7af769-7d4d8712b40so1809049a34.2 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:01:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1771887679; x=1772492479; darn=dpdk.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=NhCfJGuduja5ERt/NHEuaPpv4E6vPD5V/xxEPounkqY=; b=zbqve4lOSrY+XixmHaEM52pwprtZtgEj/7XvAbZQK920J7bGq9qOoFSsl+obl71tdT eJ14DvitocIr4lref9HVv5F9t1RwqFnXP9/736jAC7v3XPBxOV4MStvsDQNL3l2rI8Wt Vze3cTggGiS4i3DN/5bPxzd5y5F+8jWoQpy7SsOJ/IFEY+RgoOZGXK/ATvUtukL0MZQS DQcL8RwhmwqzkZKkz9+UcB0tpC5nejdmIP8E3fpkX8wTMMEVLaNKzkMbUEsQnlGbM+ze m/vmoyRpDimE2VM07yk5sJUPLwU0oe7PN+Khm+5o3ClbNuXzuEH7tCxE7M6SMBqjJ4nM rVWQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1771887679; x=1772492479; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-gg:x-gm-message-state:from :to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=NhCfJGuduja5ERt/NHEuaPpv4E6vPD5V/xxEPounkqY=; b=ZPDDUWoApQX0O2epVWbVIFxxtlzvWtdoqNB4vKr74xmJ9PGTdMoCs+duTMjtDi9JbB 7hStAK+8kJvItNUp4Rrb9BmmmL3KD+1rNjmHwH+iSKIaIXlgvA71dyAlF0lWdZ47MwN8 Dyqpw/RIr4Kq1yphEWJ0Ci8TyZT0snEzXdamdUjAyRKIyeylPZWC5/6VES2jkGXMVh9Z Glwyum2PzQUyPDbuLtx27qyux5wPSQ6iwvxr+6Y300sVf3MKvvhuRj8BYvE+krvtB1a6 jd+xQfYL3FlF+cO63Ks0wPrqGMblNekINhtrD71LpE+9JxtFb8HBhf5FIVSR8twNKu+E 7ZvA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yw8ihDqxXYLcg4uMwK4BlcXm9UJeW3f1HcGlk6JIl7t+8llXdns zcDElVEfVbTb836+YQ8eKFdUlNPJqLa65OlDuOuYHcACopLJGJwrkVrc/cSC+Ugf3BE= X-Gm-Gg: AZuq6aKmH3OEpI046Bjg31CwxF6eEspox70NI4UxlAhbRk113l6yJoTqsNtKPaQ3mXt DT5kPAa2eeUeffI9fv+sof1nGH7DkFpB9JyWnKAjtDAsFOLARFDoukatSiVxnOZq2HsoYYcHTOg q7VSa3imdeJXOWT1+VyQBfKpXEJ4ZPWEZlWBT2ciZR/LZLDorYlRRRY8YRVYOn6dYNbhAnneS7x Oz4lf/umdF35PsO4sSa/NGOk9sU0htzBCsO6hIuHSHN2NC//Sqo9SaZ1Zllmt0AQbX8vCyTGc88 QuxA7bZu4/IJEaZiCymV4gwQpxiJ5TYeHrdlge9SZND651rqksgJHev9+Ed2TWZw6/ycMH0ErKw OmZSx7v7GANo1jILYwa16+ElSemlU6gXKl1Gzl2cphoryX0v3O9LmZFFIQIIKTmxDmqLY8PEedZ EcITZR9703fS95Eow9WMjmzBFUe+uh4Qhk8wAscr3rZsklnRA9pUvR+EVjmMoSTna+ X-Received: by 2002:a05:6830:6a85:b0:7c5:3c7d:7e65 with SMTP id 46e09a7af769-7d52bedcb9cmr7552072a34.16.1771887678906; Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:01:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from phoenix.local (204-195-96-226.wavecable.com. [204.195.96.226]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 46e09a7af769-7d52cf9f663sm7867167a34.11.2026.02.23.15.01.18 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:01:18 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:01:15 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Long Li Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" , "stable@dpdk.org" , Matan Azrad Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [RFC] net/vdev_netvsc: check for NetVSC device before auto-probe Message-ID: <20260223150115.3b0c6aa6@phoenix.local> In-Reply-To: References: <20260222204813.773962-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <20260222140034.3675188e@phoenix.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:42:45 +0000 Long Li wrote: > > > > This is not sufficient to fix the github problem. > > The container still has an interface, and cloud-init has given it an address. But it > > has no route to outside (in container). > > > > It looks like the whole automagic vdev_netvsc model is so brittle it should be > > removed. > > Can we set up a default config of not auto probing net_vdev_netvsc? Or some kind of flags that says a driver should not be auto loaded. > > Most customers are running "vdev" arguments to load them in their DPDK application. The problem is it runs in an initializer so it would have to be a build flag rather than a runtime flag.