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From: Balazs Nemeth <balazs.nemeth-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ixgbe: fix link speed detection of ixgbevf
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:07:19 +0100
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This patch is actually a workaround to the problem. By setting
get_link_status just before calling ixgbe_check_link defeats the whole
purpose of the variable and results in _always_ getting the link
status. I think that this patch should be superseded by the following
patch:

http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/2104/