From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DFEFA27BF7E for ; Wed, 9 Jul 2025 08:40:33 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1752050434; cv=none; b=B4Y+0Az+p9XwofskPAY6KWSeofaVW9pV7AFKZHoJFHTjqdQyUjUc/t6FaRcBI5pTy/2CTovxibCWqEzRsSvTk/Lz5yFUpS56O/2Kp2HP2fF2En5ETjPSPa6oJaF1JFHu83mtQJBuYvQAry/aBFjTniVYPxD9NDqwkkXv146h0ng= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1752050434; c=relaxed/simple; bh=S59xN26WAQeMijAoWuZmUBTqBfb0tIx5vCbzUeI3nC8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=CWTde5g0VQAYN52CPUhg/SZVppnKv0mAvYmFfAtlo/vzUJiizDaaGo++fzkY9Pp5zMINNd/zhoVBmD/m+843ZqiIsEDKL7bw+mgh1eQWj9iuXpooGvVX1ORUnfa3ttNHSXaMfAjnbHh9/0MIEHFxJscipsNi/5SbLokH2ApijLE= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=XB5WVXZf; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="XB5WVXZf" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A7789C4CEEF; Wed, 9 Jul 2025 08:40:31 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1752050433; bh=S59xN26WAQeMijAoWuZmUBTqBfb0tIx5vCbzUeI3nC8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=XB5WVXZfO6fmnEiJ9Fp7AKIBclHVRg818av/BT7ZM9y7YSm7FRRefxDZnLswvnKfI RU7bFrR5dUB4gm26W32j0ZZFzU4cPM/Fqeqao0vH/M6jFZksSiJDU1qIexWfUK8V4Z Hk6BkP7chDz4fDX4oegNRozU/YetLGdAtORreCqAGGhsYMzctAH//ZIlgdfnY23qIu Bjg+YcGPRF0nmvnUYQ0FqT0eEMsZFuXspkeknHeDQhlnkTiTmkujqb0g8VwIIzvtax tqgR4VLFxSgBfyi+ngHTLsLN8ce/0hOHlMKUh1a+h7jf60vYtSF6SDFWVUTGiw/jEB n5FUR9JdIeMwQ== Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 09:40:29 +0100 From: Simon Horman To: Saeed Mahameed Cc: "David S. Miller" , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Eric Dumazet , Saeed Mahameed , netdev@vger.kernel.org, Tariq Toukan , Gal Pressman , Leon Romanovsky , Jiri Pirko Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V6 10/13] net/mlx5: Implement devlink keep_link_up port parameter Message-ID: <20250709084029.GL452973@horms.kernel.org> References: <20250709030456.1290841-1-saeed@kernel.org> <20250709030456.1290841-11-saeed@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20250709030456.1290841-11-saeed@kernel.org> On Tue, Jul 08, 2025 at 08:04:52PM -0700, Saeed Mahameed wrote: > From: Saeed Mahameed > > When set, the NIC keeps the link up as long as the host is not in standby > mode, even when the driver is not loaded. > > When enabled, netdev carrier state won't affect the physical port link state. > > This is useful for when the link is needed to access onboard management > such as BMC, even if the host driver isn't loaded. > > Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko > Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed Reviewed-by: Simon Horman