netdev - Re: bnx2x: link detected up at startup even when it should be down

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Date:	Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:07:35 +0200
From:	Jean-Michel Hautbois <jhautbois@...il.com>
To:	Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Barak Witkowski <barak@...adcom.com>,
	Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: bnx2x: link detected up at startup even when it should be down

2012/9/27 Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com>:
> On Tue, 2012-09-25 at 16:00 +0200, Jean-Michel Hautbois wrote:
>> 2012/9/25 Jean-Michel Hautbois <jhautbois@...il.com>:
>> > 2012/9/25 Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com>:
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: Jean-Michel Hautbois [mailto:jhautbois@...il.com]
>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:54 PM
>> >>> To: Dmitry Kravkov
>> >>> Cc: netdev; Barak Witkowski; Eilon Greenstein; davem@...emloft.net
>> >>> Subject: Re: bnx2x: link detected up at startup even when it should be down
>> >>
>> >>
>> FYI, eth4 and eth5 are seen UP and they should be down.
> It looks driver misses DCC "disable/enable" update
>
> Can you pls test this simple patch?
>
> From 1efa0314f4b912f474089f5f8375d37bc265a502 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com>
> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:12:02 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] bnx2x: DCC disable/enable update can be missed by driver
>
> As a result of missed update, OS may be updated with wrong link status.
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
> index 2f6361e..3962d57 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
> @@ -3445,6 +3445,7 @@ static inline void bnx2x_attn_int_deasserted3(struct bnx2x *bp, u32 attn)
>                         int func = BP_FUNC(bp);
>
>                         REG_WR(bp, MISC_REG_AEU_GENERAL_ATTN_12 + func*4, 0);
> +                       bnx2x_read_mf_cfg(bp);
>                         bp->mf_config[BP_VN(bp)] = MF_CFG_RD(bp,
>                                         func_mf_config[BP_ABS_FUNC(bp)].config);
>                         val = SHMEM_RD(bp,
> --
> 1.7.1
>
>
>
>> JM
>>

This patch does not work (no change at all).

Regards,
JM
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