On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 12:53:08PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > Trying to eliminate all runtime calls to look at kernel version > to determine API because they are source of portablity problems > in distributions. > > Stephen Hemminger (2): > mlx5: don't pass unused argument to sub-functions > mlx5: don't depend on kernel version > > drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c | 118 > +++++++++++++++++------------------------ > 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-) > > -- > 2.15.1
Hi Stephen, Thinking about one point, this PMD is able to work on current distribution releases using large version of kernels. This code was handling two points: 1. Compiling against a kernel before v4.5 is possible. As this situation is supported by MLNX_OFED it should remain. 2. Between v4.5 up to v4.9 the new link status API is buggee causing a wrong status. This was the main reason why the kernel version was verified. This series breaks those two requirements, Thanks, -- Nélio Laranjeiro 6WIND
