/* Device parameter to enable hardware Rx vector. */
#define MLX5_RX_VEC_EN "rx_vec_en"
+/* Activate Netlink support in VF mode. */
+#define MLX5_VF_NL_EN "vf_nl_en"
+
#ifndef HAVE_IBV_MLX5_MOD_MPW
#define MLX5DV_CONTEXT_FLAGS_MPW_ALLOWED (1 << 2)
#define MLX5DV_CONTEXT_FLAGS_ENHANCED_MPW (1 << 3)
config->tx_vec_en = !!tmp;
} else if (strcmp(MLX5_RX_VEC_EN, key) == 0) {
config->rx_vec_en = !!tmp;
+ } else if (strcmp(MLX5_VF_NL_EN, key) == 0) {
+ config->vf_nl_en = !!tmp;
} else {
DRV_LOG(WARNING, "%s: unknown parameter", key);
rte_errno = EINVAL;
MLX5_TXQ_MAX_INLINE_LEN,
MLX5_TX_VEC_EN,
MLX5_RX_VEC_EN,
+ MLX5_VF_NL_EN,
NULL,
};
struct rte_kvargs *kvlist;
.txq_inline = MLX5_ARG_UNSET,
.txqs_inline = MLX5_ARG_UNSET,
.inline_max_packet_sz = MLX5_ARG_UNSET,
+ .vf_nl_en = 1,
};
len = snprintf(name, sizeof(name), PCI_PRI_FMT,
claim_zero(mlx5_mac_addr_add(eth_dev, &mac, 0, 0));
priv->nl_socket = -1;
priv->nl_sn = 0;
- if (vf) {
+ if (vf && config.vf_nl_en) {
priv->nl_socket = mlx5_nl_init(RTMGRP_LINK);
if (priv->nl_socket < 0)
priv->nl_socket = -1;
DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u forcing Ethernet interface up",
eth_dev->data->port_id);
mlx5_set_link_up(eth_dev);
+ /*
+ * Even though the interrupt handler is not installed yet,
+ * interrupts will still trigger on the asyn_fd from
+ * Verbs context returned by ibv_open_device().
+ */
+ mlx5_link_update(eth_dev, 0);
/* Store device configuration on private structure. */
priv->config = config;
continue;