[PATCH] net/ice: fix get link status timeout

[Thomas Monjalon]

06/02/2023 09:14, Ye, MingjinX:
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> > 06/02/2023 07:22, Mingjin Ye:
> > > When hw is just started, it will immediately obtain the link status,
> > > and the longest attempt is 1 second. Some NICs are slow to initialize,
> > > which make it fails to obtain the link status.
> > >
> > > The patch fixes this issue by modifying the longest attempt to 5 seconds.
> > 
> > What is the consequence?
> 
> DPDK could not get link status. At this point, the link status obtained through
> the pmd API is wrong.
> 
> > In which case, DPDK application would be blocked during 5 seconds?
> 
> When the dpdk application startup port is used, it will be blocked for up
> to 5 seconds to ensure that the connection status can be obtained.

I mean what is the consequence of the increase?
For example, if the port is not connected (no wire),
are we going to wait 5 seconds?

I guess it's OK because it won't wait at all if using rte_eth_link_get_nowait.
It may be interesting to note in the commit message.