netdev - Re: [PATCH net-2.6] ixgbe/igb: catch invalid VF settings

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Date:	Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:45:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	chrisw@...s-sol.org, andy@...yhouse.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6] ixgbe/igb: catch invalid VF settings

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:31:38 -0700

> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 13:23, Rose, Gregory V <gregory.v.rose@...el.com> wrote:
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org]
>>>On Behalf Of Chris Wright
>>>Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 9:51 AM
>>>To: Andy Gospodarek
>>>Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; chrisw@...s-sol.org
>>>Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6] ixgbe/igb: catch invalid VF settings
>>>
>>>* Andy Gospodarek (andy@...yhouse.net) wrote:
>>>> Some ixgbe cards put an invalid VF device ID in the PCIe SR-IOV
>>>> capability.  The ixgbe driver is only valid for PFs or non SR-IOV
>>>> hardware.  It seems that the same problem could occur on igb hardware
>>>as
>>>> well, so if we discover we are trying to initialize a VF in
>>>ixbge_probe
>>>> or igb_probe, print an error and exit.
>>>>
>>>> Based on a patch for ixgbe from Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>
>>>> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
>>>
>>>Acked-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
>>>
>>>Only seen this on ixgbe, but since the result there is a kernel panic
>>>makes sense to be defensive.
>>>
>>>thanks,
>>>-chris
>>
>> Acked-by: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>
>>
>> Looks good, thanks.
>>
>> - Greg
>>
> 
> Dave, I do not plan on adding this patch to my queue, so feel free to
> take this patch after review.

Ok, will do.
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