On Mon, Sep 08, 2025 at 12:00:54PM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 09:45:23AM +0000, Ciara Loftus wrote: > > Introduce the device argument link_state_on_close for the ice driver. > > When the device is stopped or closed, the link state will be configured > > as follows for each of the three options: > > 1. down: bring (or keep) the link down > > 2. up: bring (or keep) the link up > > 3. initial: restore the link to the state it was in when the device > > started. > > > > Prior to this commit the default behaviour was to always restore the > > link to its initial state. The new default behaiour is to always bring > > the link down, which is in keeping with most other drivers. > > > > Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.lof...@intel.com> > > --- > Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > Applied to dpdk-next-net-intel, thanks.
Hopefully we can get rid of this devarg in future if/when the proposed ethdev setting for this behaviour is finalized and merged. /Bruce
