On 5/7/2021 10:08 AM, Min Hu (Connor) wrote: > From: Chengwen Feng <fengcheng...@huawei.com> > > This patch adds link status event pre-conditions. > > Signed-off-by: Chengwen Feng <fengcheng...@huawei.com> > Signed-off-by: Min Hu (Connor) <humi...@huawei.com> > --- > 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: > +`<https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3?h=next-20210428&id=18b6e31f8bf4ac7af7b057228f38a5a530378e4e>`_. > +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.
