net/vdev_netvsc: remove specified devices IP check
authorMatan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 13:32:06 +0000 (13:32 +0000)
committerFerruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:34:42 +0000 (17:34 +0100)
commit0b39cc820ae57319d9d9a3609843c94d0b9a4bbb
treeae16a0d003beff8ec7f8576aeca25c6e0d9c38cb
parent519fb2858ed5da31693a4863ca86775e99a33e20
net/vdev_netvsc: remove specified devices IP check

If the netvsc driver starts in blacklist mode, it does not
automatically probe IP associated netvsc devices. Therefore, the only
way to probe them is to specify them by the EAL command line, using the
"force" parameter to skip the IP check in the driver.

>From now on, the user does not need to add the "force" parameter if he
specifies an IP associated netvsc device by the EAL command line, and the
responsibility of the IP check is now in the user's hands.

However, in the absence of any specification, the driver still skips IP
associated netvsc devices.

Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>
doc/guides/nics/vdev_netvsc.rst
drivers/net/vdev_netvsc/vdev_netvsc.c