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 75A44A0A0E; Tue, 11 May 2021 18:14:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA6C240140; Tue, 11 May 2021 18:14:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga07.intel.com (mga07.intel.com [134.134.136.100]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AEE84003E; Tue, 11 May 2021 18:14:39 +0200 (CEST) IronPort-SDR: DHm74aZTxhDIsvkORtc3a3mRCeeajR9Df8FMNyOzn5SH1yM2dVHIa0DE0Ql7TZYULHe9ytwcUV 30u03TXsd7wA== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6200,9189,9981"; a="263413217" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.82,291,1613462400"; d="scan'208";a="263413217" Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by orsmga105.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 11 May 2021 09:14:36 -0700 IronPort-SDR: u53wwMuxDi5zlKOw6RDItrs9PBB+o/WR9QUd3DUCqLbnAcZnXMTGdgu+eXFmeybOMf61WEHR9f /CtkArb105yg== X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.82,291,1613462400"; d="scan'208";a="537087519" Received: from fyigit-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.213.224.45]) ([10.213.224.45]) by fmsmga001-auth.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 11 May 2021 09:14:34 -0700 To: "Min Hu (Connor)" , dev@dpdk.org References: <1620378499-5090-1-git-send-email-humin29@huawei.com> <1620378499-5090-7-git-send-email-humin29@huawei.com> From: Ferruh Yigit Cc: Thomas Monjalon , David Marchand , "techboard@dpdk.org" X-User: ferruhy Message-ID: Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 17:14:30 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1620378499-5090-7-git-send-email-humin29@huawei.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/6] doc: add link status event pre-conditions 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 Sender: "dev" On 5/7/2021 10:08 AM, Min Hu (Connor) wrote: > From: Chengwen Feng > > This patch adds link status event pre-conditions. > > Signed-off-by: Chengwen Feng > Signed-off-by: Min Hu (Connor) > --- > doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst | 10 ++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst b/doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst > index 4439df5..c3aded8 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst > @@ -115,6 +115,16 @@ Runtime Config Options > For example:: > -a 0000:7d:00.0,dev_caps_mask=0xF > > +Link status event Pre-conditions > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > + > +Firmware 1.8.0.0 and later versions support reporting link changes to the PF. > +Therefore, to use the LSC for the PF driver, ensure that the firmware version > +also supports reporting link changes. > +If the VF driver needs to support LSC, special patch must be added: > +``_. > +Note: The patch has been uploaded to 5.13 of the Linux kernel mainline. > + I am not sure about documenting a not released kernel patch for the support, what about waiting kernel release for support? cc'ed more people for comment.