Pause Frame Forwarding does not work properly on igb

https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1620

Bug ID: 1620
Summary: Pause Frame Forwarding does not work properly on igb
Product: DPDK
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: Normal
Component: ethdev
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---

For igb devices rte_eth_flow_ctrl_set does not work as expected. Pause frames are always forwarded on igb, regardless of the RFCE, MPMCF and DPF registers.

Implication:
Pause frames will never be rejected by the host on 1G NICs and they will always be forwarded.

Resolution/Workaround:
There is no workaround available.

Affected Environment/Platform:
All.

Driver/Module:
Poll Mode Driver (PMD).

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