eal: set iopl only when needed

[dpdk.git] / lib / librte_pmd_virtio / virtio_ethdev.c

diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
index 3344ffb..19930c0 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
@@ -736,12 +736,6 @@ eth_virtio_dev_init(__rte_unused struct eth_driver *eth_drv,
                return -1;
        }
 
-       if (!(rte_eal_get_configuration()->flags & EAL_FLG_HIGH_IOPL)) {
-               PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR,
-                       "IOPL call failed in EAL init - cannot use virtio PMD driver\n");
-               return -1;
-       }
-
        eth_dev->dev_ops = &virtio_eth_dev_ops;
        eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = &virtio_xmit_pkts;
 
@@ -896,8 +890,14 @@ static struct eth_driver rte_virtio_pmd = {
  * Returns 0 on success.
  */
 static int
-rte_virtio_pmd_init(const char *name __rte_unused, const char *param __rte_unused)
+rte_virtio_pmd_init(const char *name __rte_unused,
+                   const char *param __rte_unused)
 {
+       if (rte_eal_iopl_init() != 0) {
+               PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "IOPL call failed - cannot use virtio PMD");
+               return -1;
+       }
+
        rte_eth_driver_register(&rte_virtio_pmd);
        return 0;
 }