netdev - Re: [PATCH] ibmvnic: Handle backing device failover and reinitialization

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Date:   Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:02:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        jallen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ibmvnic: Handle backing device failover and
 reinitialization

From: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 11:37:51 -0500

> An upcoming feature of IBM VNIC protocol is the ability to configure
> redundant backing devices for a VNIC client. In case of a failure
> on the current backing device, the driver will receive a signal
> from the hypervisor indicating that a failover will occur. The driver
> will then wait for a message from the backing device before 
> establishing a new connection.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied.