Eli Cohen from Mellanox/Nvidia had a look at the back ports and approved them:
Both patches look good to me. You can add Reviewed-by: Eli Cohen <e...@nvidia.com> -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1925452 Title: [Ubuntu 21.04]: net/mlx5: Fix HW spec violation configuring uplink (mandatory for 20.04) Status in Ubuntu on IBM z Systems: Triaged Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux source package in Focal: New Status in linux source package in Groovy: New Status in linux source package in Hirsute: In Progress Bug description: With the 5.4.0-48 update for Ubuntu 20.04, the commit "net/mlx5e: Modify uplink state on interface up/down" was integrated which contains a regression for mlx5 adapters with older adapter firmware. This is the second bugfix to repair the regression, required to operate the adapter in switchdev mode. The first part was integrated via Bug 192185 - LP1921104. This is the upstream fix required to be backported to Ubuntu 20.04: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1a73704c82ed4ee95532ac04645d02075bd1ce3d ---Additional Hardware Info--- Mellanox ConnectX network adapter ---uname output--- 5.4.0-73-generic ---Steps to Reproduce--- enable switchdev mode try to ping external host Backports need to be provide for 21.04, 20.10 and 20.04 (if not cleanly applyable)! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-z-systems/+bug/1925452/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp