From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: Sarveshwar.Bandi@emulex.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH] be2net: Fix to avoid firmware update when interface is not open.
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:06:07 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101119.090607.189703695.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101119094445.GA10165@emulex.com>
From: Sarveshwar Bandi <Sarveshwar.Bandi@emulex.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:14:45 +0530
> Since interrupts are enabled only when open is called on the interface,
> Attempting a firmware update operation when interface is down could lead to
> partial success or failure of operation. This fix fails the request if
> netif_running is false.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sarveshwar Bandi <Sarveshwar.Bandi@emulex.com>
Applied, thank you.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-19 17:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-19 9:44 [net-2.6 PATCH] be2net: Fix to avoid firmware update when interface is not open Sarveshwar Bandi
2010-11-19 17:06 ` David Miller [this message]
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2010-11-18 14:07 Sarveshwar Bandi
2010-11-18 17:26 ` David Miller
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