> -----Original Message----- > From: David Marchand <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 9:47 PM > To: Zhang, Helin <[email protected]> > Cc: Zhang, Yuying <[email protected]>; Xing, Beilei > <[email protected]>; Mcnamara, John <[email protected]>; > [email protected]; [email protected]; Zhang, Qi Z <[email protected]>; > Dapeng Yu <[email protected]>; Wenxuan Wu > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net/i40e: don't check link status on device start > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 2:39 PM Zhang, Helin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: David Marchand <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 9:33 PM > > > To: Zhang, Yuying <[email protected]>; Xing, Beilei > > > <[email protected]>; Mcnamara, John <[email protected]> > > > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Zhang, Qi Z > > > <[email protected]>; Dapeng Yu <[email protected]>; Wenxuan > Wu > > > <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net/i40e: don't check link status on device > > > start > > > > > > Hello i40e maintainers, John, > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 10:21 AM David Marchand > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 3:02 PM David Marchand > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi i40e maintainers, > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 10:19 AM David Marchand > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > The mentioned changes broke existing applications when the > > > > > > link status of i40e ports is down at the time the port is started. > > > > > > Revert those changes, the original issue will need a different fix. > > Hi David > > > > Does it break all the application or just a specific application? > > I don't see how it would not affect all applications seeing how the original > patch is dumb. > > > We may need to understand the issue you met, and try to fix it later. > > Just unplug the cable or fake a link down on your i40e port, start your > application or port, then plug the cable back. > The max frame size will never get applied to hw. Got it, I will forward to a right expert to check. Thank you very much for reaching out to us!
Regards, Helin > > > -- > David Marchand
