2015-10-25 22:59, Marc Sune: > This patch redesigns the API to set the link speed/s configure > for an ethernet port. Specifically: > > - it allows to define a set of advertised speeds for > auto-negociation. > - it allows to disable link auto-negociation (single fixed speed). > - default: auto-negociate all supported speeds. > > Other changes: > > * Added utility MACROs ETH_SPEED_NUM_XXX with the numeric > values of all supported link speeds, in Mbps. > * Converted link_speed to uint32_t to accomodate 100G speeds > (bug). > * Added autoneg flag in struct rte_eth_link to indicate if > link speed was a result of auto-negociation or was fixed > by configuration. > * Added utility function to convert numeric speeds to bitmap > fields.
Having it split in several commits may help to understand the changes. And it must be explained in the release notes in the "API changes".
