[PATCH v2 1/2] net/iavf: remove Tx LLDP dynfield method

[Bruce Richardson]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 12:37:52PM +0000, Ciara Loftus wrote:
> Prior to this commit two methods existed for triggering LLDP packet
> transmission in the driver: the dynamic mbuf field method and the mbuf
> packet-type method. This commit removes the dynamic mbuf field method. The
> dynfield method required applications to tag every LLDP packet manually,
> whereas the packet-type method gives the driver the opportunity to tag LLDP
> packets automatically on the Rx path, leaving no work to be done by the
> application to explicitly flag a packet as LLDP before transmission.
> 
> The per-queue LLDP state is reduced from the tri-state 'lldp_mode' to a
> single 'lldp_enabled' boolean. The testpmd command 'set tx lldp on'
> whose purpose was to enable the dynfield lldp method is removed. The
> ptype lldp method is enabled via the enable_ptype_lldp devarg (as has
> always been the case since support was introduced):
> 
> 	-a 0000:xx:xx.x,enable_ptype_lldp=1
> 
> The deprecation notice for the dynfield is removed and the driver
> documentation is updated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus at intel.com>
> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> ---
> * Added warning if dynfield is registered
> ---
>  doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst                  | 29 +--------
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst          |  4 --
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst        |  5 ++
>  drivers/net/intel/common/tx.h                 |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c          | 30 ++-------
>  drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx.c            | 15 ++---
>  drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx.h            | 17 +-----
>  drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_avx2.c   | 22 +++----
>  drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_avx512.c | 22 +++----
>  drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_testpmd.c         | 61 -------------------
>  10 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 160 deletions(-)
> 
Patchset applied to dpdk-next-net-intel

Thanks,
/Bruce