nfp: default to chained metadata prepend format
ABI 4.x introduced the chained metadata format and made it the only one possible. There are cases, however, where the old format is preferred - mostly to make interoperation with VFs using ABI 3.x easier for the datapath. In ABI 5.x we allowed for more flexibility by selecting the metadata format based on capabilities. The default was left to non-chained. In case of fallback traffic, there is no capability telling the driver there may be chained metadata. With a very stripped- -down FW the default old metadata format would be selected making the driver drop all fallback traffic. This patch changes the default selection in the driver. It should not hurt with old firmwares, because if they don't advertise RSS they will not produce metadata anyway. New firmwares advertising ABI 5.x, however, can depend on the driver defaulting to chained format. Fixes: f9380629 ("nfp: advertise support for NFD ABI 0.5") Suggested-by: Michael Rapson <michael.rapson@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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