From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: "Minggang Li(Gavin)" <gavinl@nvidia.com>
Cc: <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>, <matan@nvidia.com>, <orika@nvidia.com>,
<thomas@monjalon.net>, Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski@nvidia.com>,
Bing Zhao <bingz@nvidia.com>, Suanming Mou <suanmingm@nvidia.com>,
<dev@dpdk.org>, <rasland@nvidia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 7/7] mlx5: add backward compatibility for RDMA monitor
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:49:08 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241028084908.7b64b22d@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241028091822.860660-8-gavinl@nvidia.com>
On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:18:22 +0200
"Minggang Li(Gavin)" <gavinl@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.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-10-28 15:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-10-16 8:38 [PATCH V1 0/7] port probe time optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 1/7] mailmap: update user name Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 2/7] net/mlx5: optimize device probing Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 3/7] net/mlx5: add new devargs to control probe optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 4/7] common/mlx5: fix Netlink socket leak Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 5/7] common/mlx5: add RDMA monitor event awareness Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 6/7] mlx5: use RDMA Netlink to update port information Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 7/7] mlx5: add backward compatibility for RDMA monitor Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 0/7] port probe time optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 1/7] mailmap: update user name Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 2/7] net/mlx5: optimize device probing Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 3/7] net/mlx5: add new devargs to control probe optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 15:47 ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 4/7] common/mlx5: fix Netlink socket leak Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 5/7] common/mlx5: add RDMA monitor event awareness Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 6/7] mlx5: use RDMA Netlink to update port information Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 7/7] mlx5: add backward compatibility for RDMA monitor Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 15:49 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
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