[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 1/6] ethdev: allow unknown link speed

Andrew Rybchenko arybchenko at solarflare.com
Fri May 1 15:10:56 CEST 2020


On 4/27/20 12:57 PM, Ivan Dyukov wrote:
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> 
> When querying the link informations, the link status is
> a mandatory major information.
> Other boolean values are supposed to be accurate:
> 	- duplex mode (half/full)
> 	- negotiation (auto/fixed)
> 
> This API update is making explicit that the link speed information
> is optional.
> The value ETH_SPEED_NUM_NONE (0) was already part of the API.
> The value ETH_SPEED_NUM_UNKNOWN (infinite) is added to cover
> two different cases:
> 	- speed is not known by the driver
> 	- device is virtual
> 
> Suggested-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>
> Suggested-by: Benoit Ganne <bganne at cisco.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>

Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>



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