netdev - Re: [PATCH net 3/5] net/ncsi: Disable HWA mode when no channels are found

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Date:   Sat, 21 Oct 2017 01:57:10 +0100 (WEST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     sam@...dozajonas.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, gwshan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 3/5] net/ncsi: Disable HWA mode when no channels
 are found

From: Samuel Mendoza-Jonas <sam@...dozajonas.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 13:43:07 +1100

> From: Gavin Shan <gwshan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> When there are no NCSI channels probed, HWA (Hardware Arbitration)
> mode is enabled. It's not correct because HWA depends on the fact:
> NCSI channels exist and all of them support HWA mode. This disables
> HWA when no channels are probed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <gwshan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Mendoza-Jonas <sam@...dozajonas.com>

Applied.