Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: Slava Ovsiienko <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2021 3:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Raslan Darawsheh <[email protected]>; Matan Azrad > <[email protected]>; NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon > <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Subject: [PATCH v2] common/mlx5: add provider query port support to glue > library > > The rdma-core mlx5 provider introduced the port attributes query > API since version v35.0 - the mlx5dv_query_port routine. In order > to support this change in the rdma-core the conditional compilation > flag HAVE_MLX5DV_DR_DEVX_PORT_V35 is introduced by the this patch. > > In the OFED rdma-core version the new compatible mlx5dv_query_port > routine was introduced as well, replacing the existing proprietary > mlx5dv_query_devx_port routine. The proprietary routine was > controlled in PMD code with HAVE_MLX5DV_DR_DEVX_PORT conditional > flag. > > Currently, the OFED rdma-core library contains both versions of > port query API. And this version is a transitional one, there are > the plans to remove the proprietary mlx5dv_query_devx_port routine > and the HAVE_MLX5DV_DR_DEVX_PORT flag in PMD will not work anymore. > > We had one more dependency on this flag in the code (for the > mlx5dv_dr_action_create_dest_ib_port routine) and the patch > fixes mentioned dependency also, by introducing the new > dedicated conditional flag - HAVE_MLX5DV_DR_CREATE_DEST_IB_PORT. > > This patch is highly desirable to be provided in DPDK LTS releases > due to it covers the major compatibility issue. > > Cc: [email protected] > > Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Matan Azrad <[email protected]>
Removed v1, V2 applied to next-net-mlx, Kindest regards, Raslan Darawsheh
