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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] net/qede: fix to disable per-VF Tx
	switching feature
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 01:53:55 +0100
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Hi,

07/11/2017 09:34, Rasesh Mody:
> From: Harish Patil <harish.patil@cavium.com>
> 
> Provide a knob to control per-VF Tx switching feature by adding a config
> option, CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_VF_TX_SWITCH. By default, it will be kept
> in disabled state for better performance with small sized frames.
> 
> Fixes: 2ea6f76aff40 ("qede: add core driver")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Harish Patil <harish.patil@cavium.com>
> ---
>  config/common_base             |    1 +
>  drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c |    9 ++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- a/config/common_base
> +++ b/config/common_base
> +CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_VF_TX_SWITCH=n

We should remove all compile-time options because they cannot be used
when DPDK is pre-packaged.
That's why the rule is "NO NEW COMPILE TIME OPTION".

After discussion with Ferruh, this patch is accepted as a hotfix.
But this option is expected to be removed quickly.
I've sent a patch to remove this option in 18.02:
	http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-November/081488.html
It gives you some time to supersede my patch by introducing a
run-time driver option.

Thanks