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Date:	Tue, 7 Jan 2014 16:44:53 +0100 (CET)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
cc:	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

On Tue, 7 Jan 2014, Alexander Duyck wrote:

> 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 for the information, which is very helpful.  Should I submit a
patch to remove it in the resume function?  I don't have the ability ot
test it, though.

julia

>
> 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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