netdev - Re: question about ixgbevf/ixgbevf

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Message-ID: <52CC2066.1030303@intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 07 Jan 2014 07:42:30 -0800
From:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>, donald.c.skidmore@...el.com,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: question about ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c

A VF isn't a real device so it shouldn't really have the concept of a
power state.  The power state for the device is controlled via the PF.
I suspect the fact that ixgbevf is modifying power state on resume is
likely a bug.

Thanks,

Alex

On 01/07/2014 06:46 AM, Julia Lawall wrote:
> I was wondering why ixgbevf_suspend doesn't call pci_set_power_state?  It
> is called in the corresponding resume function, and most other PCI drivers
> with a suspend functyion also call it in suspend.
> 
> thanks,
> julia
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