From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: Chas Williams <3chas3@gmail.com>, Chas Williams <chas3@att.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
skhare@vmware.com, stable@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] net/vmxnet3: keep link state consistent
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:03:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1549783.CbrISpF0YD@xps> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c7a2017c-c78b-4b7c-a7a5-6e172724d4a1@intel.com>
20/03/2018 15:12, Ferruh Yigit:
> On 3/18/2018 1:45 AM, Chas Williams wrote:
> > From: Chas Williams <chas3@att.com>
> >
> > The vmxnet3 never attempts link speed negotiation. As a virtual device
> > the link speed is vague at best. However, it is important for certain
> > applications, like bonding, to see a consistent link_status. 802.3ad
> > requires that only links of the same cost (link speed) be enslaved.
> > Keeping the link status consistent in vmxnet3 avoids races with bonding
> > enslavement.
I don't understand the issue.
Are you sure it is not an issue in bonding?
About the right value to set for virtual PMDs, I don't know, both are fakes.
I thought that AUTONEG better convey the vague link speed you describe.
> > Author: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > Date: Fri Jan 5 18:38:55 2018 +0100
> >
> > Fixes: 1e3a958f40b3 ("ethdev: fix link autonegotiation value")
> > Cc: stable@dpdk.org
>
> There were a few more PMDs [1] they have been updated from FIXED to AUTONEG with
> above commit, do you think should we update them back to FIXED as well?
>
> [1]
> pcap
> softnic
> vmxnet3
Yes, they all can be fixed/LINK_FIXED :) I guess
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-05 10:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-18 1:45 [dpdk-dev] " Chas Williams
2018-03-20 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] " Ferruh Yigit
2018-03-20 14:42 ` Chas Williams
2018-04-05 10:03 ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2018-04-05 15:01 ` Chas Williams
2018-04-17 19:25 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-04-17 20:24 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-04-18 16:23 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-04-18 16:59 ` Yong Wang
2018-04-20 0:10 ` Ferruh Yigit
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