[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 06/11] ixgbe: fix rx intr compatible issue with PF mbox

[David Marchand]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Cunming Liang <cunming.liang at intel.com>
wrote:

> When ixgbe runs as a PF, mbox interrupt is prerequisite to make VF start
> normally.
> And PF sometimes won't 'dev_start', so the mbox interrupt register during
> 'dev_init' is required.
>

Can you describe the cases/situations where you would want a device to
handle interrupts while not started ?


Thanks.
-- 
David Marchand