netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: ngbe: add ncsi

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Message-ID: <20230725162234.1f26bfce@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 16:22:34 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Mengyuan Lou <mengyuanlou@...-swift.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: ngbe: add ncsi_enable flag for
 wangxun nics

On Mon, 24 Jul 2023 17:24:58 +0800 Mengyuan Lou wrote:
> +	netdev->ncsi_enabled = wx->ncsi_hw_supported;

I don't think that enabled and supported are the same thing.
If server has multiple NICs or a NIC with multiple ports and
BMC only uses one, or even none, we shouldn't keep the PHY up.
By that logic 99% of server NICs should report NCSI as enabled.