On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 05:27:07PM +0100, Thierry Herbelot wrote:
> After an upstream patch (see Fixes), net_ixgbe_vf is no longer
> declared in testpmd PMD info, when compiling under Redhat-9:
>
> > $ meson setup build && ninja -C build
> > $ ./usertools/dpdk-pmdinfo.py build/app/dpdk-testpmd|grep ixgbe
> > "name": "net_ixgbe",
>
> Name 'net_ixgbe_vf' should also be reported.
>
> One workaround is to move 'intel/ixgbe' as last in the list of Intel
> drivers. This restores net_ixgbe_vf under Redhat-9:
>
> > $ meson setup build && ninja -C build
> > $ ./usertools/dpdk-pmdinfo.py build/app/dpdk-testpmd|grep ixgbe
> > "name": "net_ixgbe_vf",
> > "name": "net_ixgbe",
>
> Fixes: 04f1b16c54f3 ("drivers: merge common and net idpf drivers")
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Herbelot <[email protected]>
> ---
> V2: use shorter lines in commit log.
> ---
> drivers/net/meson.build | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/meson.build b/drivers/net/meson.build
> index c7dae4ad273c..8d96244cdbb0 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/meson.build
> +++ b/drivers/net/meson.build
> @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ drivers = [
> 'intel/ice',
> 'intel/idpf',
> 'intel/ipn3ke',
> - 'intel/ixgbe',
> 'intel/cpfl', # depends on idpf, so must come after it
> + 'intel/ixgbe',
> 'ionic',
> 'mana',
> 'memif',
This is a strange one - did you do any investgation into why or how this
fixes things? You describe it as a workaround so any hints towards a proper
root cause and fix are welcome :-)
