Commit 89397a01ce4a ("kni: set default carrier state of interface")
changes the KNI interface default carrier status. Which prevents traffic
flow by default and may break some existing usage / testing.Document this behavior change in release notes. Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@intel.com> --- Cc: Dan Gora <d...@adax.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst index 6ce276b22..69c4d1bf6 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst @@ -383,6 +383,13 @@ API Changes This means ``ethtool "-a|--show-pause", "-s|--change"`` won't work, and ``ethtool <iface>`` output will have less information. +* KNI, by default interface carrier status is ``off`` which means there won't be any traffic. + It can be set to ``on`` via ``rte_kni_update_link()`` API or via ``sysfs`` interface: + ``echo 1 > /sys/class/net/vEth0/carrier``. Note interface should be ``up`` to be able + to read/write sysfs interface. + When KNI sample application is used ``-m`` parameter can be used to automatically update + the carrier status for the interface. + ABI Changes ----------- -- 2.17.2
