On Mon, 7 Sep 2020 16:46:01 +0300 Moshe Shemesh wrote: > > In that sense I don't like --live because it doesn't really say much. > > AFAIU it means 1) no link flap; 2) < 2 sec datapath downtime; 3) no > > configuration is lost in kernel or device (including netdev config, > > link config, flow rules, counters etc.). I was hoping at least the > > documentation in patch 14 would be more precise. > > Actually, while writing "no-reset" or "live-patching" I meant also no > downtime at all and nothing resets (config, rules ... anything), that > fits mlx5 live-patching. > > However, to make it more generic, I can allow few seconds downtime and > add similar constrains as you mentioned here to "no-reset". I will add > that to the documentation patch.
Oh! If your device supports no downtime and packet loss at all that's great. You don't have to weaken the definition now, whoever needs a weaker definition can add a different constraint level later, no?
