From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 4/7] ixgbe: Improve reset coordination between the PF and the VF Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:14:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20100123.011433.145132116.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20100123084457.9865.51853.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <20100123084639.9865.47156.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, gospo@redhat.com, gregory.v.rose@intel.com To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:51055 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751943Ab0AWJOV (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:14:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20100123084639.9865.47156.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jeff Kirsher Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:46:40 -0800 > From: Greg Rose > > Inadequate coordination between the PF driver and the VF driver results > in tx hangs in the VF driver when you perform certain actions that will > lead to a re-init of the PF. Add feature to notify active VFs when the PF > is about to re-initialize so that the VFs can take appropriate action. > > Signed-off-by: Greg Rose > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Applied.