netdev - [PATCH net-next 1/6] bnx2x: missing ARI should not be lethal

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Message-ID: <1364382319-24952-2-git-send-email-yuvalmin@broadcom.com>
Date:	Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:05:14 +0200
From:	"Yuval Mintz" <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
cc:	eilong@...adcom.com, ariele@...adcom.com,
	"Yuval Mintz" <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/6] bnx2x: missing ARI should not be lethal

From: Ariel Elior <ariele@...adcom.com>

If ARI forwarding flag is missing from the PCI bridge, remove SR-IOV
support instead of failing the probe process.

Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <ariele@...adcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c
index faadd15..ad7ad1d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c
@@ -1932,20 +1932,22 @@ int bnx2x_iov_init_one(struct bnx2x *bp, int int_mode_param,
 
 	/* SRIOV can be enabled only with MSIX */
 	if (int_mode_param == BNX2X_INT_MODE_MSI ||
-	    int_mode_param == BNX2X_INT_MODE_INTX)
+	    int_mode_param == BNX2X_INT_MODE_INTX) {
 		BNX2X_ERR("Forced MSI/INTx mode is incompatible with SRIOV\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	err = -EIO;
 	/* verify ari is enabled */
 	if (!bnx2x_ari_enabled(bp->pdev)) {
-		BNX2X_ERR("ARI not supported, SRIOV can not be enabled\n");
-		return err;
+		BNX2X_ERR("ARI not supported (check pci bridge ARI forwarding), SRIOV can not be enabled\n");
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* verify igu is in normal mode */
 	if (CHIP_INT_MODE_IS_BC(bp)) {
 		BNX2X_ERR("IGU not normal mode,  SRIOV can not be enabled\n");
-		return err;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* allocate the vfs database */
-- 
1.8.1.227.g44fe835


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