On Linux, the request does nothing, while on FreeBSD the HV_UIO
kernel driver receives the request and opens the subchannels on
PMDs behalf.

Signed-off-by: Srikanth Kaka <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Vag Singh <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Anand Thulasiram <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/netvsc/hn_ethdev.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/netvsc/hn_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/netvsc/hn_ethdev.c
index 9e2a405973..6f9053c4d5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netvsc/hn_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netvsc/hn_ethdev.c

@@ -515,6 +515,10 @@ static int hn_subchan_configure(struct hn_data *hv,
 	if (err)
 		return  err;
 
+	err = rte_vmbus_ioctl(hv->vmbus, subchan);
+	if (err)
+		return  err;
+
 	while (subchan > 0) {
 		struct vmbus_channel *new_sc;
 		uint16_t chn_index;

-- 
2.30.2