netdev - Re: [PATCH, net-next, v2] ibmvnic: Allow device probe if the device is not ready at boot

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Date:   Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:04:25 -0500
From:   Lijun Pan <lijunp213@...il.com>
To:     Cristobal Forno <cforno12@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Dany Madden <drt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, net-next, v2] ibmvnic: Allow device probe if the device
 is not ready at boot

On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 12:11 PM Cristobal Forno <cforno12@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> Allow the device to be initialized at a later time if
> it is not available at boot. The device will be allowed to probe but
> will be given a "down" state. After completing device probe and
> registering the net device, the driver will await an interrupt signal
> from its partner device, indicating that it is ready for boot. The
> driver will schedule a work event to perform the necessary procedure
> and begin operation.
>
> Co-developed-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cristobal Forno <cforno12@...ux.ibm.com>
>
> ---

Finally, this important feature patch is approved to be sent upstream
after almost one year "censorship" and testing. And the original
author, Tom, is not with the team anymore. I have mixed feelings about
that, but any way,

Acked-by: Lijun Pan <lijunp213@...il.com>