On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 02:03:53PM +0000, Ciara Loftus wrote: > Prior to this commit two methods existed for triggering LLDP packet > transmission in the driver: the dynamic mbuf field method and the mbuf > packet-type method. This commit removes the dynamic mbuf field method. The > dynfield method required applications to tag every LLDP packet manually, > whereas the packet-type method gives the driver the opportunity to tag LLDP > packets automatically on the Rx path, leaving no work to be done by the > application to explicitly flag a packet as LLDP before transmission. > > The per-queue LLDP state is reduced from the tri-state 'lldp_mode' to a > single 'lldp_enabled' boolean. The testpmd command 'set tx lldp on' > whose purpose was to enable the dynfield lldp method is removed. The > ptype lldp method is enabled via the enable_ptype_lldp devarg (as has > always been the case since support was introduced): > > -a 0000:xx:xx.x,enable_ptype_lldp=1 > > The deprecation notice for the dynfield is removed and the driver > documentation is updated. > > Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <[email protected]> > --- > doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst | 29 +-------- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 -- > doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst | 5 ++ > drivers/net/intel/common/tx.h | 2 +- > drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c | 28 +-------- > drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx.c | 15 ++--- > drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx.h | 17 +----- > drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_avx2.c | 22 +++---- > drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_avx512.c | 22 +++---- > drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_testpmd.c | 61 ------------------- > 10 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 162 deletions(-) > Good cleanup, thanks.
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <[email protected]>
