netdev - Re: [PATCH net] bnx2x: Prevent inner-reload while VFs exist

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Date:	Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:23:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Ariel.Elior@...gic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bnx2x: Prevent inner-reload while VFs exist

From: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 12:47:32 +0300

> On some feature changes, driver employes an inner-reload flow where it
> resets the function and re-configures it with the new required set of
> parameters.
> 
> Such a flow proves fatal to any VF since those were not intended to be used
> while HW is being reset underneath, causing them [at best] to lose all
> connectivity.
> 
> This changes driver behavior to fail all configuration changes [e.g., mtu
> change] requested of the driver in case VFs are active.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <Ariel.Elior@...gic.com>

Applied, thanks.
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