netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/2] ibmvnic: Fix netdev features settings on reset

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Date:   Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:29:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/2] ibmvnic: Fix netdev features settings on reset

From: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:06:58 -0500

> In its current state, a driver reset clobbers any feature settings
> a user may have toggled and will disable GRO as it is not explicitly
> enabled in the driver. This patch set enables GRO and tries to retain
> user settings after a reset. If the underlying carrier changes, however,
> the driver will disable features unsupported by the new carrier.

Series applied.