On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 2:51 PM Zhang, Helin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > -----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!
I hope I get a reply _soon_. Or I will just apply those reverts. Thanks. -- David Marchand

