On Tue, 24 Nov 2020 09:25:25 +0100 Horatiu Vultur wrote: > Extend MRP to support LC mode(link check) for the interconnect port. > This applies only to the interconnect ring. > > Opposite to RC mode(ring check) the LC mode is using CFM frames to > detect when the link goes up or down and based on that the userspace > will need to react. > One advantage of the LC mode over RC mode is that there will be fewer > frames in the normal rings. Because RC mode generates InTest on all > ports while LC mode sends CFM frame only on the interconnect port. > > All 4 nodes part of the interconnect ring needs to have the same mode. > And it is not possible to have running LC and RC mode at the same time > on a node. > > Whenever the MIM starts it needs to detect the status of the other 3 > nodes in the interconnect ring so it would send a frame called > InLinkStatus, on which the clients needs to reply with their link > status. > > This patch adds InLinkStatus frame type and extends existing rules on > how to forward this frame. > > Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <niko...@nvidia.com> > Signed-off-by: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vul...@microchip.com>
Applied, thanks!
