[PATCH v2] ixgbe/base: Manual AN-37 for troublesome link partners for X550 SFI

[Zhang, Qi Z]

Jeff:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Daly <jeffd at silicom-usa.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 2:59 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Wang, Haiyue <haiyue.wang at intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v2] ixgbe/base: Manual AN-37 for troublesome link partners
> for X550 SFI
> 
> Some SFP link partners exhibit a disinclination to autonegotiate with X550
> configured in SFI mode.  This patch enables a manual AN-37 restart to work
> around the problem.

This fix for some specific hardware in base code, unfortunately  Intel DPDK team don't have the device and the knowledge to approve this, the base code is delivered by our kernel software team, I will suggest you can send this to the kernel community to get the right expert to review.

Thanks
Qi