On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 11:25:53 +0100 Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranje...@6wind.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 12:53:08PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > Trying to eliminate all runtime calls to look at kernel version > > to determine API because they are source of portablity problems > > in distributions. > > > > Stephen Hemminger (2): > > mlx5: don't pass unused argument to sub-functions > > mlx5: don't depend on kernel version > > > > drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c | 118 > > +++++++++++++++++------------------------ > > 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-) > > > > -- > > 2.15.1 > > Hi Stephen, > > Thinking about one point, this PMD is able to work on current > distribution releases using large version of kernels. This code was > handling two points: > > 1. Compiling against a kernel before v4.5 is possible. As this > situation is supported by MLNX_OFED it should remain. > > 2. Between v4.5 up to v4.9 the new link status API is buggee causing a > wrong status. This was the main reason why the kernel version was > verified. The problem is that enterprise distributions backport without changing kernel version.
