netdev - Re: [PATCH net] be2net: Add DEVSEC privilege to SET_HSW

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Message-Id: <20161206.114111.1461356406535164207.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 06 Dec 2016 11:41:11 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     suresh.reddy@...adcom.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, venkatkumar.duvvuru@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] be2net: Add DEVSEC privilege to SET_HSW_CONFIG
 command.

From: Suresh Reddy <suresh.reddy@...adcom.com>
Date: Tue,  6 Dec 2016 00:33:50 -0500

> From: Venkat Duvvuru <venkatkumar.duvvuru@...adcom.com>
> 
> OPCODE_COMMON_GET_FN_PRIVILEGES is returning only DEVSEC
> privilege (Unrestricted Administrative Privilege) for Lancer NIC functions.
> So, driver is failing SET_HSW_CONFIG command, as DEVSEC privilege was not
> set in the privilege bitmap. This patch fixes the problem by setting DEVSEC
> privilege in SET_HSW_CONFIG’s privilege bitmap.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Venkat Duvvuru <venkatkumar.duvvuru@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Suresh Reddy <suresh.reddy@...adcom.com>

Applied.