From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: "Minggang Li(Gavin)" <gavinl@nvidia.com>
Cc: <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>, <matan@nvidia.com>, <orika@nvidia.com>,
<thomas@monjalon.net>, Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski@nvidia.com>,
Bing Zhao <bingz@nvidia.com>, Suanming Mou <suanmingm@nvidia.com>,
<dev@dpdk.org>, <rasland@nvidia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 7/7] mlx5: add backward compatibility for RDMA monitor
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:26:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241029092609.6052056f@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241029134256.874767-8-gavinl@nvidia.com>
On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:42:56 +0200
"Minggang Li(Gavin)" <gavinl@nvidia.com> wrote:
>
> +* **Updated NVIDIA mlx5 driver.**
> +
> + Optimized port probe in large scale.
> + This feature enhances the efficiency of probing VF/SFs on a large scale
> + by significantly reducing the probing time. To activate this feature,
> + set ``probe_opt_en`` to a non-zero value during device probing. It
> + leverages a capability from the RDMA driver, expected to be released in
> + the upcoming kernel version 6.13 or its equivalent in OFED 24.10,
> + specifically the RDMA monitor. For additional details on the limitations
> + of devargs, refer to "doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst".
> +
> + If there are lots of VFs/SFs to be probed by the application, eg, 300
> + VFs/SFs, the option should be enabled to save probing time.
IMHO the kernel parts have to be available in a released kernel version.
Otherwise the kernel API/ABI is not stable and there is a possibility of user confusion.
This needs to stay in "awaiting upstream" state until kernel is released
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-10-29 16:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-10-16 8:38 [PATCH V1 0/7] port probe time optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 1/7] mailmap: update user name Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 2/7] net/mlx5: optimize device probing Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 3/7] net/mlx5: add new devargs to control probe optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 4/7] common/mlx5: fix Netlink socket leak Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 5/7] common/mlx5: add RDMA monitor event awareness Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 6/7] mlx5: use RDMA Netlink to update port information Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-16 8:38 ` [PATCH V1 7/7] mlx5: add backward compatibility for RDMA monitor Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 0/7] port probe time optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 1/7] mailmap: update user name Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 2/7] net/mlx5: optimize device probing Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 3/7] net/mlx5: add new devargs to control probe optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 15:47 ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-10-29 8:27 ` Minggang(Gavin) Li
2024-10-29 16:07 ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-10-30 8:16 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2024-10-30 19:05 ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 4/7] common/mlx5: fix Netlink socket leak Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 5/7] common/mlx5: add RDMA monitor event awareness Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 6/7] mlx5: use RDMA Netlink to update port information Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 9:18 ` [PATCH V2 7/7] mlx5: add backward compatibility for RDMA monitor Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-28 15:49 ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-10-29 8:31 ` Minggang(Gavin) Li
2024-10-29 13:42 ` [PATCH V3 0/7] port probe time optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 13:42 ` [PATCH V3 1/7] mailmap: update user name Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 13:42 ` [PATCH V3 2/7] net/mlx5: optimize device probing Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 13:42 ` [PATCH V3 3/7] net/mlx5: add new devargs to control probe optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 16:20 ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-10-31 19:30 ` Thomas Monjalon
2024-11-04 8:36 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2024-11-04 9:16 ` Thomas Monjalon
2024-10-29 13:42 ` [PATCH V3 4/7] common/mlx5: fix Netlink socket leak Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 13:42 ` [PATCH V3 5/7] common/mlx5: add RDMA monitor event awareness Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 13:42 ` [PATCH V3 6/7] mlx5: use RDMA Netlink to update port information Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 13:42 ` [PATCH V3 7/7] mlx5: add backward compatibility for RDMA monitor Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 14:31 ` [PATCH V3 0/7] port probe time optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 14:31 ` [PATCH V3 1/7] mailmap: update user name Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-31 10:01 ` Raslan Darawsheh
2024-10-29 14:31 ` [PATCH V3 2/7] net/mlx5: optimize device probing Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 14:31 ` [PATCH V3 3/7] net/mlx5: add new devargs to control probe optimization Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 14:31 ` [PATCH V3 4/7] common/mlx5: fix Netlink socket leak Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 14:31 ` [PATCH V3 5/7] common/mlx5: add RDMA monitor event awareness Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 14:31 ` [PATCH V3 6/7] mlx5: use RDMA Netlink to update port information Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 14:31 ` [PATCH V3 7/7] mlx5: add backward compatibility for RDMA monitor Minggang Li(Gavin)
2024-10-29 16:26 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2024-10-30 8:25 ` Minggang(Gavin) Li
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