[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3] net/mlx5: fix link status query

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 2/9/2017 12:29 PM, Shahaf Shuler wrote:
> Trying to query the link status through the new ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS
> ioctl available since Linux 4.5 was always failing due to a kernel bug
> fixed since version 4.9.
> 
> This commit also addresses a common issue where the headers version used
> at compile time differs from that of the kernel on the target system, by
> always defining missing symbols and moving the kernel version check at run
> time.
> 
> Fixes: 188408719888 ("net/mlx5: fix support for newer link speeds")
> CC: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs at mellanox.com>
> Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.