net/mlx5: add parameter for Netlink support in VF
authorNélio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
Thu, 5 Apr 2018 15:07:21 +0000 (17:07 +0200)
committerFerruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Fri, 13 Apr 2018 22:41:44 +0000 (00:41 +0200)
commitdb209cc32ab244c4bc7efa29a03ba6242266544c
tree50f210152e5c749360986e2eedd92d8b0a181bb4
parentdd4bb90bc3cb4588299081b9ae5aad02792038f0
net/mlx5: add parameter for Netlink support in VF

All Netlink request the PMD will do can also be done by a iproute2 command
line interface, enabling VF behavior configuration without having to modify
the application nor reaching PMD limits (e.g. MAC address number limit).

Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h