[dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2] net/qede: change driver's default load parameter

[Devendra Singh Rawat]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Devendra Singh Rawat <dsinghrawat at marvell.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 6:50 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org; Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj at marvell.com>;
> ferruh.yigit at intel.com
> Cc: GR-Everest-DPDK-Dev <GR-Everest-DPDK-Dev at marvell.com>; Igor
> Russkikh <irusskikh at marvell.com>; Rasesh Mody <rmody at marvell.com>;
> Manish Chopra <manishc at marvell.com>; Devendra Singh Rawat
> <dsinghrawat at marvell.com>; stable at dpdk.org
> Subject: [PATCH v2] net/qede: change driver's default load parameter
> 
> Loading ecore clients (PMD or linux kernel driver) having different ecore
> versions concurrently, is problematic from device's init/config perspective. This
> fix changes driver's default load parameter to have ecore version validated by
> MFW. All ecore clients having matching ecore version should be allowed to
> load, otherwise MFW should fail the load request.
> 
> Fixes: c5e1108920 ("alter driver's force load behavior")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Devendra Singh Rawat <dsinghrawat at marvell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Manish Chopra <manishc at marvell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Igor Russkikh <irusskikh at marvell.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/nics/qede.rst     | 5 ++++-
>  drivers/net/qede/qede_main.c | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst b/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst index
> bb127ca21..201678401 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst
> @@ -63,11 +63,14 @@ Co-existence considerations
>  - When SR-IOV is enabled on the adapter,
>    Linux kernel drivers (qed, qede, qedr, qedi and qedf) can be bound
>    to the PFs of a given adapter and either qede PMD or Linux drivers
> -  (qed and qede) can be bound to the VFs of the adapter.
> +  (qed and qede) can be bound to the VFs of the adapter provided that
> + ecore version of Linux kernel driver and qede PMD driver is same.
> 
>  - For sharing an adapter between DPDK and Linux drivers, SRIOV needs
>    to be enabled. Bind all the PFs to Linux Drivers(qed/qede). Create
>    a VF on PFs where DPDK is desired and bind these VFs to qede_pmd.
> +  Make sure that ecore version of Linux Driver and qede PMD driver  is
> + same.
>    Binding of PFs simultaneously to DPDK and Linux drivers on a given
>    adapter is not supported.
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/qede_main.c b/drivers/net/qede/qede_main.c
> index caa9d1d4f..d208d276a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/qede/qede_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/qede/qede_main.c
> @@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static int qed_slowpath_start(struct ecore_dev *edev,
>  	memset(&drv_load_params, 0, sizeof(drv_load_params));
>  	drv_load_params.mfw_timeout_val =
> ECORE_LOAD_REQ_LOCK_TO_DEFAULT;
>  	drv_load_params.avoid_eng_reset = false;
> -	drv_load_params.override_force_load =
> ECORE_OVERRIDE_FORCE_LOAD_ALWAYS;
> +	drv_load_params.override_force_load =
> ECORE_OVERRIDE_FORCE_LOAD_NONE;
>  	hw_init_params.avoid_eng_affin = false;
>  	hw_init_params.p_drv_load_params = &drv_load_params;
> 
> --
> 2.18.2

Dropping this patch for now, please ignore this.
Internal discussions are going on regarding this patch. I will send  a new patch after the discussions.

Thanks,
Devendra