netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] be2net: don't report EVB for older chipsets when SR-IOV is disabled

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Message-ID: <CAKvpyk3RieXKNNXY-3G1h6=v+1+sN+b39gVMVaR1kvNZZr7O3A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:22:20 +0100
From:	Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@...adcom.com>
To:	Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@...adcom.com>,
	Padmanabh Ratnakar <padmanabh.ratnakar@...adcom.com>,
	Sriharsha Basavapatna <sriharsha.basavapatna@...adcom.com>,
	Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] be2net: don't report EVB for older chipsets
 when SR-IOV is disabled

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com> wrote:
> The EVB (virtual bridge) functionality should be disabled on older BE3
> and Lancer chips if SR-IOV is disabled in the NIC's BIOS. This setting
> is identified by the zero value of total VFs reported by the card.
> The GET_HSW_CONFIG command cannot be used as it is not supported by
> these older chipset's FW.
>
> v2: added the comment

Acked-by: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@...adcom.com>