06/02/2023 09:14, Ye, MingjinX: > From: Thomas Monjalon <[email protected]> > > 06/02/2023 07:22, Mingjin Ye: > > > When hw is just started, it will immediately obtain the link status, > > > and the longest attempt is 1 second. Some NICs are slow to initialize, > > > which make it fails to obtain the link status. > > > > > > The patch fixes this issue by modifying the longest attempt to 5 seconds. > > > > What is the consequence? > > DPDK could not get link status. At this point, the link status obtained > through > the pmd API is wrong. > > > In which case, DPDK application would be blocked during 5 seconds? > > When the dpdk application startup port is used, it will be blocked for up > to 5 seconds to ensure that the connection status can be obtained.
I mean what is the consequence of the increase? For example, if the port is not connected (no wire), are we going to wait 5 seconds? I guess it's OK because it won't wait at all if using rte_eth_link_get_nowait. It may be interesting to note in the commit message.
