Hi Bruce,
> -----Original Message----- > From: Richardson, Bruce > Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 9:30 PM > To: Lu, Wenzhuo > Cc: He, Shaopeng; dev at dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ixgbe: fix link down issue on x550em_x > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 01:32:33AM +0000, Lu, Wenzhuo wrote: > > Hi Bruce, > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Richardson, Bruce > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 10:26 PM > > > To: He, Shaopeng > > > Cc: Lu, Wenzhuo; dev at dpdk.org > > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ixgbe: fix link down issue on > > > x550em_x > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 04, 2016 at 06:21:04AM +0000, He, Shaopeng wrote: > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Wenzhuo Lu > > > > > Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 4:43 PM > > > > > To: dev at dpdk.org > > > > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ixgbe: fix link down issue on > > > > > x550em_x > > > > > > > > > > Normally the auto-negotiation is supported by FW. But on > > > > > X550EM_X_10G_T it's not supported by FW. As the port of > > > > > X550EM_X_10G_T is 10G. If we connect the port with a peer which > > > > > is 1G. The link is always down. > > > > > We have to supprted auto-neg by SW to avoid such link down issue. > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu at intel.com> > > > > Acked-by: Shaopeng He <shaopeng.he at intel.com> > > > > > > > I'm a bit confused regarding the commit message and the code in the patch. > > > The commit message talks about enabling speed auto-negotiation, > > > while the code never refers to any such thing. Instead all we have > > > are settings for manipulating interrupt masks to enable PHY > > > interrupts. I think some additional information is needed to connect A > > > and B > together here. > > The reason is that the handler of the link speed auto-neg is already in the > > base > code. It's ixgbe_handle_lasi. > > What we need is a trigger. When the advertised link speed changes, a PHY > interruption will be triggered. So, we should handle this interruption and > call > ixgbe_handle_lasi to set the link speed correct. > > Let me add more explanation in the commit log. > > > Yes, please do. What you have just explained makes much more sense and > should be included in the log. > > > > > > > A second, more minor nit is that the commit title never refers to > > > link auto- negotiation, but refers to this as a bug fix - which is > > > also correct. If this is primarily a bug fix, please include a fixes > > > line if possible, but please also refer to auto-neg in the title if > > > possible too. > > I didn't add a fixes line because it doesn't fix an issue introduced by SW, > > or > even FW, HW. As said in commit log, we hit a link down issue, but the root > cause > is the link speed auto-neg is not supported on this specific NIC. > > On the other NICs, link speed auto-neg is supported by FW, SW need no do > anything. So we didn't implement the link speed auto-neg. But we have to > implement this feature on this NIC for FW doesn't implement it. > > Should I change the tittle to "support link speed auto-neg on x550em_x"? > > > > Yes, that is probably better. Thanks for the comments. I'll send a new version. > > Thanks, > /Bruce
