netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net/mlx5: CT: Add support for matching on ct

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Message-ID: <eb6f26e0-c8be-ccab-8fe9-d9c15a1ea9ab@nvidia.com>
Date:   Wed, 3 Feb 2021 09:58:12 +0200
From:   Paul Blakey <paulb@...dia.com>
To:     Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...dia.com>, Oz Shlomo <ozsh@...dia.com>,
        Roi Dayan <roid@...dia.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net/mlx5: CT: Add support for matching on
 ct_state reply flag



On Tue, 2 Feb 2021, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 04:32:47PM +0200, Paul Blakey wrote:
> > Add support for matching on ct_state reply flag.
> 
> Sorry for the late reply, missed the patchset here. (just noticed
> because of the iproute2 patch, thanks for the Cc in there)
> 
> Only one question though. Is it safe to assume that this will require
> a firmware update as well?

No, it will not, there was room for this flag in the register before (as 
long as you had a firmware recent enough that supported CT feature 
itself ofc).

Paul.

> 
> Thanks,
> Marcelo
>