netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: Disable LRO on FCoE or iSCSI boot device

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Message-ID: <4E985DE8.3090308@hp.com>
Date:	Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:06:00 -0700
From:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
To:	Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
CC:	"'davem@...emloft.net'" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"'netdev@...r.kernel.org'" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com>,
	Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: Disable LRO on FCoE or iSCSI boot device

On 10/14/2011 08:53 AM, Michael Chan wrote:
> Rick Jones wrote:
>
>> Is this perhaps saying that a bnx2x-driven device being used for
>> FCoE or iSCSI boot must not permit *any* run-time configuration
>> change which leads to a NIC reset?
>>
>
> That is right.  Unless you have a multipath configuration with multiple
> ports, then you can reset one port at a time.

So, should there also be a "cnic_boot_device" check in many of the 
"capital letter" ethtool paths?

rick
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