[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] examples/l3fwd: force CRC stripping for i40evf

[Björn Töpel]

Adding Helin to the conversation.

> That's a common problem across Intel VF devices. Bothe igb and ixgbe
> overcomes that problem just by forcing ' rxmode.hw_strip_crc = 1;' at
> PMD itself:

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> Wonder, can't i40e VF do the same?

Right, however, and this (silent failure) approach was rejected by the
maintainers. Please, refer to this thread:
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-April/037523.html

 > BTW, all other examples would experience same problem too, right?

Correct, so the broader question would be "what is the correct behavior 
for an example application, when a port configuration isn't supported by 
the hardware?".

My stand, FWIW, is that igb and ixgbe should have the same semantics as
i40e currently has, i.e. return an error to the user if the port is
mis-configured, NOT changing the setting behind the users back.


Björn