From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 903BA45BFE; Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:49:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84DF241140; Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:49:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-pf1-f182.google.com (mail-pf1-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6422D40E0B for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:49:11 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-pf1-f182.google.com with SMTP id d2e1a72fcca58-71e4c2e36daso3678901b3a.0 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:49:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1730130550; x=1730735350; darn=dpdk.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=llyVxcgYMuoP/iwChn1Kkg1nlnMfA4XIWhev8S3QdTo=; b=NgiYRT9Hi3c3iXfTIN2FK5cuvdgZuvDJMNtAIfuFHZ5H031VfaSpI68/B+zZP8rAy2 81KYhdI7EWaeuu/kxs1yaRUqQFATwXXPVMGK1EwI/klb9hHtiJF+2KMIDTov1peC/BlY EvT0fYj5EwHPMnJMhTRzQbilrHE9jLLRX2Suy8vQauYA0Yy57gPO11PEgLxsiELlH7DP uxm0iuKi6rIe/tCM1jBxuRPawziqElOaGM9hLDhK4iBJb4joAc798QKEPuRivlLxukpH 99IMiBXK8E/O8ROA4QjyvxR1V/vF3IRWHzgmCJRSqHXA72affjdNfR81DsWVf8t8bvL2 b6GA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1730130550; x=1730735350; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=llyVxcgYMuoP/iwChn1Kkg1nlnMfA4XIWhev8S3QdTo=; b=Cihz2ELGDd5DgC9/UFmYcduInz2bG47LTyfQihaTh2DoKbixkXJQvVbtiFyODf+rsi HBduM+s/fOvUsIbjoVvnUc/CcC7WNw97kmhXCchNjqXFIEUDZNEn1mtGdqZtYEEbHHNM BOyrzqu82QPO+NIZJQ8m2Md2AfYcii0MkBywQRbhUjrHsxlKyjS+THPN8L7q64CRDPZa HllOKlTJDVuD5AdyXHzqC+K8/vSlDL0uWvzLEWEBQdr5QfereX77w2pNwcPWSVlhQAoS I1vxp6L0+6OMK3ff4EjcacSHI+8Yu8KkT7hjShbKObnXKffO8GV65q6q0ocKw+1zm5hi HwoA== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCUBcHIhArRDy6Lm/XRoYI963Dp0M1jwtjB6Jv8OSIs0slc3ZPiceQGGxadju3nqsTWT5Ss=@dpdk.org X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwDeNXq2JOyo2Cij62gfyIkD1pwagvHq/A8WcnCCJBJ4/Ci70IX hpLKWJ48Ty1RDOzGp9Jpk8/pVK4S5j7ppgaP8aujtRSe+FFjYXKANKH4dRUhmns= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IHjQfC0JrfETjxJNwZo1OChyVQZFpCgQxf6bLYuDUDzjMto0RiMlMVM8xe8mzcTxyMW3ypmAw== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6a00:22c8:b0:71e:76dc:10f7 with SMTP id d2e1a72fcca58-720925d38a7mr117376b3a.4.1730130550561; Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:49:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-96-226.wavecable.com. [204.195.96.226]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d2e1a72fcca58-72057a3f0eesm5865409b3a.208.2024.10.28.08.49.10 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:49:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:49:08 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: "Minggang Li(Gavin)" Cc: , , , , Dariusz Sosnowski , Bing Zhao , Suanming Mou , , Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 7/7] mlx5: add backward compatibility for RDMA monitor Message-ID: <20241028084908.7b64b22d@hermes.local> In-Reply-To: <20241028091822.860660-8-gavinl@nvidia.com> References: <20241016083818.662020-8-gavinl@nvidia.com> <20241028091822.860660-1-gavinl@nvidia.com> <20241028091822.860660-8-gavinl@nvidia.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:18:22 +0200 "Minggang Li(Gavin)" 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.