[PATCH V2 7/7] mlx5: add backward compatibility for RDMA monitor

[Minggang(Gavin) Li]

On 10/28/2024 11:49 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:18:22 +0200
> "Minggang Li(Gavin)" <gavinl at nvidia.com> wrote:
>
>> +* **Updated NVIDIA mlx5 driver.**
>> +
>> +  Optimized port probe in large scale.
>> +  In previous release, it would take long time to probe one VF/SF if
>> +  hundreds of VF/SF were created in the system. With this newly introduced
>> +  feature optimization, the time to probe a VF/SF will be reduced greatly in
>> +  large scale, eg hundreds of VF/SFs. This feature is controlled through the
>> +  ``probe_opt_en`` device argument. Setting it to a non-zero value indicates
>> +  the application will enable this functionality when probing a device. This
>> +  feature relies on a feature of RDMA driver to be release in incoming
>> +  upstream kernel 6.13 or the equivalent in OFED 24.10, ie. RDMA monitor.
>> +  For further information on the devargs limitation, see
>> +  "doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst".
> Too wordy. Many filler words and phrases.
>
> And no clear description of when to use and when not to use.
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