primary_slave_port_id is uint16_t which needs to be correctly stored
with the same data type of input parameter in bond_ethdev_configure.
In powerpc, creating bond pmd results in below error due to wrong
cast on input param. This is reproducible, only when using shared
libraries.
sudo -E LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/$RTE_TARGET/lib $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd \
-l 0,8 --socket-mem=1024,1024 \
--vdev 'net_tap0,iface=dpdktap0' --vdev 'net_tap1,iface=dpdktap1' \
--vdev 'net_bonding0,mode=1,slave=0,slave=1,primary=0,socket_id=1' \
-d $RTE_TARGET/lib/librte_pmd_tap.so \
-d $RTE_TARGET/lib/librte_mempool_ring.so -- --forward-mode=rxonly
Configuring Port 0 (socket 0)
PMD: net_tap0: 0x70a854070280: TX configured queues number: 1
PMD: net_tap0: 0x70a854070280: RX configured queues number: 1
Port 0: 86:EA:6D:52:3E:DB
Configuring Port 1 (socket 0)
PMD: net_tap1: 0x70a854074300: TX configured queues number: 1
PMD: net_tap1: 0x70a854074300: RX configured queues number: 1
Port 1: 42:9A:B8:49:B6:00
Configuring Port 2 (socket 1)
EAL: Failed to set primary slave port 7424 on bonded device net_bonding0
Fail to configure port 2
EAL: Error - exiting with code: 1
Cause: Start ports failed
Fixes: f8244c6399 ("ethdev: increase port id range")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Gowrishankar Muthukrishnan <gowrishankar.m@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
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