[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/8] net/mlx5: use netlink when IB port greater than 255

[Slava Ovsiienko]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xueming(Steven) Li <xuemingl at nvidia.com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2021 11:07
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Xueming(Steven) Li <xuemingl at nvidia.com>; Slava Ovsiienko
> <viacheslavo at nvidia.com>; Lior Margalit <lmargalit at nvidia.com>; Matan
> Azrad <matan at nvidia.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v2 2/8] net/mlx5: use netlink when IB port greater than 255
> 
> IB spec doesn't allow 255 ports on a single HCA, port number of 256 was cast
> to u8 value 0 which invalid to ibv_query_port()
> 
> This patch invokes Netlink api to query port state when port number greater
> than 255.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xueming Li <xuemingl at nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo at nvidia.com>