set mellanox ib vf state to Follow

[wangyd1988]

According to the mellanox 'https://enterprise-support.nvidia.com/s/article/howto-configure-sr-iov-for-connect-ib-connectx-4-with-kvm--infiniband-x' documentation, we must set the mellanox ib vf state to Follow when using the mellanox ib network card

[github-actions]

Thanks for your PR,
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[wangyd1988]

/test-all

[SchSeba]

Hi @wangyd1988

should this change be part of the https://github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/ib-sriov-cni instead of the operator?

[adrianchiris]

@wangyd1988 are you running VM with an IB Sriov VF ?

this probably needs to be part of ib-sriov-cni as @SchSeba pointed out.

[wangyd1988]

Hi @wangyd1988

should this change be part of the https://github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/ib-sriov-cni instead of the operator?

I think it's part of the operator, because pf also needs to configure state, and it's part of the vm configuration

[wangyd1988]

Hi @wangyd1988
should this change be part of the https://github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/ib-sriov-cni instead of the operator?

I think it's part of the operator, because pf also needs to configure state, and it's part of the vm configuration

yes,

@wangyd1988 are you running VM with an IB Sriov VF ?

this probably needs to be part of ib-sriov-cni as @SchSeba pointed out.

Yes, I ran it in a vm

[adrianchiris]

@wangyd1988 can you explain your use-case and what exactly is not working ?

if you use ib-sriov-cni you can set the link_state configuration in the network definition.
if you set it to auto it will have the same effect. (it also relies on upstream APIs and not driver specific)

[adrianchiris]

@wangyd1988 please see the alternatives above, the recommended way is to use ib-sriov-cni to set the link state.
which utilizes non driver-specific APIs.