Re: [PATCH mlx5-next v7 0/4] Dynamically assign MSI-X vectors count

Jason Gunthorpe
2021-03-12T17:04:09Z

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 08:59:38AM -0800, Alexander Duyck wrote:

> Lastly by splitting out the onlining step you can avoid potentially
> releasing a broken VF to be reserved if there is some sort of
> unrecoverable error between steps 2 and 3.

If the PF FW gets in a state that it can't respond to a trivial
command like this then *every* VF is broken. It not a useful scenario
to focus on.

Jason