19/11/2020 18:48, Ferruh Yigit: > On 11/19/2020 2:20 PM, Raslan Darawsheh wrote: > > From: Benoît Ganne <bga...@cisco.com> > > > > mlx5 PMD refuses to update link state if link speed is defined but > > status is down or if link speed is undefined but status is up, even if > > the ioctl() succeeded. > > This prevents application to detect link up/down event, especially when > > the link speed is not correctly detected. > > As link speed is nice to have whereas link status is mandatory for > > operations, always update link state regardless of link speed. The > > application can then check link speed if needs be. > > > > Hi Raslan, Matan, > > Can you please provide the Fixes tag? Also should this fix backported?
I think it should not be backported because it is a behaviour change relying on API doc change.
