On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 8:06 PM, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'll try switchdev mode. in switchdev mode you have the take the host side VF representor netdev up such that the VF vport link will be enabled. Also in switchdev mode you need some host side controller SW to program the e-switch forwarding rule. You can make the experiment just to see if the link problem persists.