[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: inherit master link settings for representors

[Shahaf Shuler]

Saturday, April 27, 2019 7:20 AM¸ Viacheslav Ovsiienko:
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: inherit master link settings for
> representors
> 
> There are some physical link settings can be queried from Ethernet devices:
> link status, link speed, speed capabilities, duplex mode, etc. These setting do
> not make a lot of sense for representors due to missing physical link. The
> new kernel drivers dropped query for link settings for representors causing
> the ioctl call to fail. This patch adds some kind of emulation of link settings to
> PMD - representors inherit the link parameters from the master device. The
> actual link status (up/down) is retrieved from the representor device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo at mellanox.com>

Applied to next-net-mlx, thanks.