On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 07:48:17AM +0300, Shahaf Shuler wrote:
> Following commit 7ba5320baa32 ("net/mlx5: fix link status behavior")
>
> The initial link status is no longer set as part of the port start.
> This may cause application to query the link as down while in fact it was
> already up before the DPDK application start.
There is something wrong in this explanation, the application should
query the link using this same callback, why the PMD should call it?
> Fixes: 7ba5320baa32 ("net/mlx5: fix link status behavior")
> Cc: nelio.laranje...@6wind.com
>
> Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shah...@mellanox.com>
> Acked-by: Yongseok Koh <ys...@mellanox.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
> index 7d58d66bb9..f954ea2862 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
> @@ -961,6 +961,7 @@ mlx5_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv
> __rte_unused,
> DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u forcing Ethernet interface up",
> eth_dev->data->port_id);
> mlx5_set_link_up(eth_dev);
> + mlx5_link_update(eth_dev, 1);
> /* Store device configuration on private structure. */
> priv->config = config;
> continue;
> --
> 2.12.0
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Nélio Laranjeiro
6WIND
