[PATCH] net/ixgbe: Limit SDP3 check of TX_DISABLE to appropriate devices

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Wed May 11 16:50:47 CEST 2022


11/05/2022 13:43, Zhang, Qi Z:
> From: Jeff Daly <jeffd at silicom-usa.com>
> > 
> > 1ca05831b9b added a check that SDP3 (used as a TX_DISABLE output to the SFP
> > cage on these cards) is not asserted to avoid incorrectly reporting link up when
> > the SFP's laser is turned off.
> > 
> > ff8162cb957 limited this workaround to fiber ports
> > 
> > This patch:
> > * Adds devarg 'fiber_sdp3_no_tx_disable' not all fiber ixgbe devs use
> >   SDP3 as TX_DISABLE
> > 
> > Fixes: 1ca05831b9b ("net/ixgbe: fix link status")
> > Fixes: ff8162cb957 ("net/ixgbe: fix link status")
> > Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Daly <jeffd at silicom-usa.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>
> 
> Applied to dpdk-next-net-intel.

There is a lack of context in this description.
I don't know what SDP3 and TX_DISABLE refers to.
Please make more complete sentences, thanks.




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