net/mlx5: fix device probing for old kernel drivers
Retrieving network interface index via Netlink fails in
case of old ib_core kernel driver installed - mlx5_nl_ifindex()
routine fails due to RDMA_NLDEV_ATTR_NDEV_INDEX attribute is not
supported by the old driver.
The patch allowing to retrieve the network interface index and
name via Netlink [1]. So, the problem depends on ib_core module
version - 4.16 supports getting ifindex via Netlink, 4.15 does not.
This error was ignored in previous versions of MLX5 PMD probing
routine. For single device ifindex was retrieved via sysfs
and link control was not lost, so problem just was not noticed.
In order to support MLX5 PMD functioning over old kernel driver
this patch adds ifindex retrieving via sysfs into probing routine.
It is worth to note this method works for master/standalone
device only.
[1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-rdma/msg62948.html
Linux tree:
5b2cc79d (Leon Romanovsky 2018-03-27 20:40:49 +0300 270)
Fixes:
ad74bc619504 ("net/mlx5: support multiport IB device during probing")
Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>