netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] nfp: separate the port's upper state with lower phy state

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Message-ID: <20230329122422.52f305f5@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 29 Mar 2023 12:24:22 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Louis Peens <louis.peens@...igine.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...igine.com,
        Yinjun Zhang <yinjun.zhang@...igine.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] nfp: separate the port's upper state with
 lower phy state

On Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:45:48 +0200 Louis Peens wrote:
> For nic application firmware, enable the ports' phy state at the
> beginning. And by default its state doesn't change in pace with
> the upper state, unless the ethtool private flag "link_state_detach"
> is turned off by:
> 
>  ethtool --set-private-flags <netdev> link_state_detach off
> 
> With this separation, we're able to keep the VF state up while
> bringing down the PF.

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