netdev - Re: [net-2.6 PATCH] ixgbe: Do not run all Diagnostic offline tests when VFs are active

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Message-Id: <20100327.083355.112601140.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:33:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com, gregory.v.rose@...el.com
Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH] ixgbe: Do not run all Diagnostic offline tests
 when VFs are active

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:06:48 -0700

> From: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>
> 
> When running the offline diagnostic tests check to see if any VFs are
> online.  If so then only run the link test.  This is necessary because
> the VFs running in guest VMs aren't aware of when the PF is taken
> offline for a diagnostic test.  Also put a message to the system log
> telling the system administrator to take the VFs offline manually if
> (s)he wants to run a full diagnostic.  Return 1 on each of the tests
> not run to alert the user of the condition.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied.
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