[RFC v2] net/ice: add devargs to control link update

[Bruce Richardson]

On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 06:38:49AM +0000, Mingjin Ye wrote:
> This patch adds the ‘link_period’ devargs to adjust the link update
> period (microseconds), when the value is less than or equal to 0
> it will be disabled, by default it is not enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mingjin Ye <mingjinx.ye at intel.com>
> ---
> v2: Fix using the wrong variable.
> ---
>  doc/guides/nics/ice.rst      |  7 ++++
>  drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.h |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 77 insertions(+)
> 

This RFC is now quite old, so marking as "Not Applicable" in patchwork. I
know we had some other rework around link status updates in our driver, so
these changes may no longer be relevant. If they are, please submit a new
patch version rebased on latest main.

Thanks,
/Bruce