From: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>
To: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, dmitry@broadcom.com,
eilong@broadcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: Disable LRO on FCoE or iSCSI boot device
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:31:56 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E9855EC.1020509@hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1318563481-19631-1-git-send-email-mchan@broadcom.com>
On 10/13/2011 08:38 PM, Michael Chan wrote:
> From: Dmitry Kravkov<dmitry@broadcom.com>
>
> For an FCoE or iSCSI boot device, the networking side must stay "up" all
> the time. Otherwise, the FCoE/iSCSI interface driven by bnx2i/bnx2fc
> will be reset and we'll lose the root file system.
>
> If LRO is enabled, scripts that enable IP forwarding or bridging will
> disable LRO and cause the device to be reset. Disabling LRO on these
> boot devices will prevent the reset.
Is this perhaps saying that a bnx2x-driven device being used for FCoE or
iSCSI boot must not permit *any* run-time configuration change which
leads to a NIC reset?
rick jones
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-14 15:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-14 3:38 [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: Disable LRO on FCoE or iSCSI boot device Michael Chan
2011-10-14 15:31 ` Rick Jones [this message]
2011-10-14 15:53 ` Michael Chan
2011-10-14 16:06 ` Rick Jones
2011-10-14 16:15 ` Michael Chan
2011-10-14 20:17 ` John Fastabend
2011-10-14 20:59 ` Michael Chan
2011-10-19 20:06 ` David Miller
2011-10-19 20:12 ` Michael Chan
2011-10-19 20:47 ` David Miller
2011-10-19 20:53 ` John Fastabend
2011-10-19 21:03 ` David Miller
2011-10-27 23:30 ` Michael Chan
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2012-02-13 11:20 Vasily Averin
2012-02-13 19:09 ` Michael Chan
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