[PATCH V3 7/7] mlx5: add backward compatibility for RDMA monitor

[Minggang(Gavin) Li]

On 10/30/2024 12:26 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:42:56 +0200
> "Minggang Li(Gavin)" <gavinl at nvidia.com> wrote:
>
>>   
>> +* **Updated NVIDIA mlx5 driver.**
>> +
>> +  Optimized port probe in large scale.
>> +  This feature enhances the efficiency of probing VF/SFs on a large scale
>> +  by significantly reducing the probing time. To activate this feature,
>> +  set ``probe_opt_en`` to a non-zero value during device probing. It
>> +  leverages a capability from the RDMA driver, expected to be released in
>> +  the upcoming kernel version 6.13 or its equivalent in OFED 24.10,
>> +  specifically the RDMA monitor. For additional details on the limitations
>> +  of devargs, refer to "doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst".
>> +
>> +  If there are lots of VFs/SFs to be probed by the application, eg, 300
>> +  VFs/SFs, the option should be enabled to save probing time.
> IMHO the kernel parts have to be available in a released kernel version.
> Otherwise the kernel API/ABI is not stable and there is a possibility of user confusion.
>
> This needs to stay in "awaiting upstream" state until kernel is released
Sorry, it's a typo. The dependent kernel is 6.12 which is in RC. Do you 
think we should wait for it to be released to push the patch to DPDK 
upstream?