[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/mlx5: fix link state update

[Thomas Monjalon]

19/11/2020 18:48, Ferruh Yigit:
> On 11/19/2020 2:20 PM, Raslan Darawsheh wrote:
> > From: Benoît Ganne <bganne at cisco.com>
> > 
> > mlx5 PMD refuses to update link state if link speed is defined but
> > status is down or if link speed is undefined but status is up, even if
> > the ioctl() succeeded.
> > This prevents application to detect link up/down event, especially when
> > the link speed is not correctly detected.
> > As link speed is nice to have whereas link status is mandatory for
> > operations, always update link state regardless of link speed. The
> > application can then check link speed if needs be.
> > 
> 
> Hi Raslan, Matan,
> 
> Can you please provide the Fixes tag? Also should this fix backported?

I think it should not be backported because it is a behaviour change
relying on API doc change.