From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, gospo@redhat.com, gregory.v.rose@intel.com
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 3/7] ixgbe: Allow the VF driver to be loaded before the PF driver
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:14:27 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100123.011427.195715596.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100123084620.9865.56449.stgit@localhost.localdomain>
From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:46:22 -0800
> From: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com>
>
> The PF Reset Done bit should not be set in the extended control register
> until the PF has actually completed the bring up process. It is a mis-
> interpretation of the purpose of this bit to assume it should be set
> when the physical reset of the device is done. Instead it should be used
> to indicate to the VFs when the PF is ready to provide them with required
> services. This is not until after the PF is finished coming up and ready
> to process mailbox events.
>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Applied.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-01-23 9:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-01-23 8:45 [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/7] ixgbe: Set the correct pool when VLANs are added in SR-IOV mode Jeff Kirsher
2010-01-23 8:46 ` [net-next-2.6 PATCH 2/7] ixgbe: Remove unused emulation MAC storage from the per VF data structure Jeff Kirsher
2010-01-23 9:14 ` David Miller
2010-01-23 8:46 ` [net-next-2.6 PATCH 3/7] ixgbe: Allow the VF driver to be loaded before the PF driver Jeff Kirsher
2010-01-23 9:14 ` David Miller [this message]
2010-01-23 8:46 ` [net-next-2.6 PATCH 4/7] ixgbe: Improve reset coordination between the PF and the VF Jeff Kirsher
2010-01-23 9:14 ` David Miller
2010-01-23 8:47 ` [net-next-2.6 PATCH 5/7] ixgbevf: Take action when the PF notifies the VF it is resetting Jeff Kirsher
2010-01-23 9:14 ` David Miller
2010-01-23 8:47 ` [net-next-2.6 PATCH 6/7] ixgbevf: Fix panics in the VF driver Jeff Kirsher
2010-01-23 9:14 ` David Miller
2010-01-23 8:47 ` [net-next-2.6 PATCH 7/7] ixgbevf: Tell network stack to stop tx when the VF detects PF reset Jeff Kirsher
2010-01-23 9:14 ` David Miller
2010-01-23 9:14 ` [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/7] ixgbe: Set the correct pool when VLANs are added in SR-IOV mode David Miller
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