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From: "Hunt, David" <david.hunt@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 10/10] net/i40e: set register for no drop
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:44:42 +0100
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On 25/9/2017 3:50 AM, Wu, Jingjing wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of David Hunt
>> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017 12:02 AM
>> To: dev@dpdk.org
>> Cc: Hunt, David <david.hunt@intel.com>; Marjanovic, Nemanja
>> <nemanja.marjanovic@intel.com>; Sexton, Rory <rory.sexton@intel.com>
>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 10/10] net/i40e: set register for no drop
>>
>> See the XL710 controller datasheet for more information on this register
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nemanja Marjanovic <nemanja.marjanovic@intel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Rory Sexton <rory.sexton@intel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.hunt@intel.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
>> index d9806fc..24b713e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
>> @@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ eth_i40e_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
>>   	 * in firmware in the future.
>>   	 */
>>   	i40e_configure_registers(hw);
>> -
>> +	I40E_WRITE_REG(hw, I40E_PRTDCB_TC2PFC, 0xff);
> What is the relationship with VM power manager?
>
> And about no-drop setting, it is the responsibility of flow control, please check http://www.dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/19449/
>
>
> Thanks
> Jingjing

Hi Jingjing,
    Yes, we've removed this now. It's left to flow control. Will be 
removed from next patch set.
Rgds,
Dave.