This device lies about supporting phys_id. Remove it and just let the upper layer report not supported. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- a/drivers/net/igbvf/ethtool.c 2011-04-04 11:15:50.477019338 -0700 +++ b/drivers/net/igbvf/ethtool.c 2011-04-04 11:16:12.661202774 -0700 @@ -391,11 +391,6 @@ static int igbvf_set_wol(struct net_devi return -EOPNOTSUPP; } -static int igbvf_phys_id(struct net_device *netdev, u32 data) -{ - return 0; -} - static int igbvf_get_coalesce(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_coalesce *ec) { @@ -527,7 +522,6 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops igbvf_et .self_test = igbvf_diag_test, .get_sset_count = igbvf_get_sset_count, .get_strings = igbvf_get_strings, - .phys_id = igbvf_phys_id, .get_ethtool_stats = igbvf_get_ethtool_stats, .get_coalesce = igbvf_get_coalesce, .set_coalesce = igbvf_set_coalesce, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html