From 576b64b5397f7b049769c076e8b86f4f92b1d0c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Helin Zhang Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:12:34 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add known VF issue when PF is reset Add a known issue to warn that PF reset event/request is not handled by any VF drivers till 2.2, and which should be fixed in the future. Reported-by: David Marchand Signed-off-by: Helin Zhang --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst index dedf503e12..c0f3be264c 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst @@ -450,6 +450,11 @@ Known Issues As the l3fwd example application requires this info, the i40e vector driver must be disabled to benefit of the packet type with i40e. +* Some (possibly all) VF drivers (e.g. i40evf) do not handle any PF reset + events/requests in VF driver, that means VF driver may not work after a + PF reset in host side. The workaround is to avoid triggering any PF reset + events/requests on host side. + * **Mellanox PMDs (mlx4 & mlx5):** * PMDs do not support DPDK integrated shared library. -- 2.20.1