Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: hinic: Add control command support for VF PMD driver in DPDK

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Fri Oct 28 2022 - 12:00:58 EST


On Fri, 28 Oct 2022 12:56:55 +0800 Cai Huoqing wrote:
> > The commands are actually supported or you're just ignoring them
> > silently?
> No,

Do you mean "neither"?

> if the cmd is not added to 'nic_cmd_support_vf',
> the PF will return false, and the error messsage "PF Receive VFx
> unsupported cmd x" in the function 'hinic_mbox_check_cmd_valid',
> then, the configuration will not be set to hardware.

You're describing the behavior before the patch?

After the patch the command is ignored silently, like I said, right?
Because there is no handler added to nic_vf_cmd_msg_handler[].
Why is that okay? Or is there handler somewhere else?