On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:18:22 +0200 "Minggang Li(Gavin)" <gav...@nvidia.com> wrote:
> +* **Updated NVIDIA mlx5 driver.** > + > + Optimized port probe in large scale. > + In previous release, it would take long time to probe one VF/SF if > + hundreds of VF/SF were created in the system. With this newly introduced > + feature optimization, the time to probe a VF/SF will be reduced greatly in > + large scale, eg hundreds of VF/SFs. This feature is controlled through the > + ``probe_opt_en`` device argument. Setting it to a non-zero value indicates > + the application will enable this functionality when probing a device. This > + feature relies on a feature of RDMA driver to be release in incoming > + upstream kernel 6.13 or the equivalent in OFED 24.10, ie. RDMA monitor. > + For further information on the devargs limitation, see > + "doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst". Too wordy. Many filler words and phrases. And no clear description of when to use and when not to use.
