[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 06/13] net/ionic: clean up Tx queue version support

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 1/18/2021 8:35 PM, Andrew Boyer wrote:
> The ionic PMD only supports TX queue version 1 or greater.
> Version 1 introduced a new SGL format with support for more
> fragments per descriptor.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Boyer <aboyer at pensando.io>

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> @@ -925,6 +925,11 @@ ionic_lif_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif)
>   
>   	ionic_lif_queue_identify(lif);
>   
> +	if (lif->qtype_info[IONIC_QTYPE_TXQ].version < 1) {
> +		IONIC_PRINT(ERR, "FW too old, please upgrade");
> +		return -ENXIO;
> +	}
> +

Will this affect the end users, if they were using old FW?

Can you please document this new limitation in the diriver documentation and in 
the release notes?