Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family [ConnectX-5 Ex]
Vendor ID: 15b3
PF Device ID: 1019
VF Device ID: 101a
PF Driver: mlx5_core
VF Driver: mlx5_core

Already supported in RHEL: 

1937884 – Support for Mellanox DeviceID 1019 (redhat.com)

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c#L1601

Epic Goal

• Support for deviceID 1019 in SR-IOV Operator

Why is this important?

• Cx5 100G is already supported by the operator but only with deviceID 1017. This is a very similar device under deviceID 1019 that one of our OEM partners seems to use. 

Scenarios

1. OEM Partner will use this card to be included in a joint reference architecture.

Acceptance Criteria

• CI - MUST be running successfully with tests automated
• Release Technical Enablement - Provide necessary release enablement details and documents.
• ...

Dependencies (internal and external)

1. Already supported in RHEL https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c#L1601

Open questions::

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Done Checklist

• CI - CI is running, tests are automated and merged.
• Release Enablement <link to Feature Enablement Presentation>
• DEV - Upstream code and tests merged: <link to meaningful PR or GitHub Issue>
• DEV - Upstream documentation merged: <link to meaningful PR or GitHub Issue>
• DEV - Downstream build attached to advisory: <link to errata>
• QE - Test plans in Polarion: <link or reference to Polarion>
• QE - Automated tests merged: <link or reference to automated tests>
• DOC - Downstream documentation merged: <link to meaningful PR>