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

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Date:	Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:21:35 +0200
From:	"Dmitry Kravkov" <dmitry@...adcom.com>
To:	"Jean-Michel Hautbois" <jhautbois@...il.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

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
> 



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