Re: [vpp-dev] DPDK change in link speed convention

2021-01-18 Thread Mohammed Hawari
Hi everyone, I agree with opinion #3 as well. It allows us to keep 0 as “unknown" (i.e., not set by the driver), and we can specify ~0 as “Not Applicable” (typically the case for virtual links) and change format_vnet_hw_interface_link_speed accordingly. Best regards, Mohammed > On 18 Jan 202

Re: [vpp-dev] DPDK change in link speed convention

2021-01-18 Thread Benoit Ganne (bganne) via lists.fd.io
Hi Matt, I am adding the list so that maybe VPP DPDK plugin users/maintainers can chime in. In my opinion #3 setting link speed to ~0 makes sense as VPP usually use ~0 as "invalid". The original issue I attempted to fix in DPDK was that the Mellanox DPDK driver was not able to return link stat