From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] be2net: Clear any capability flags that driver is not interested in. Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 01:22:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20130815.012231.2044765464344269286.davem@davemloft.net> References: <07165eb6-9b8f-45b4-bec6-bb53f0e1aa52@CMEXHTCAS2.ad.emulex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: sarveshwar.bandi@emulex.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:37685 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754170Ab3HOIWc (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Aug 2013 04:22:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: <07165eb6-9b8f-45b4-bec6-bb53f0e1aa52@CMEXHTCAS2.ad.emulex.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 13:21:47 +0530 > From: Sarveshwar Bandi > > It is possible for some versions of firmware to advertise capabilities that driver > is not ready to handle. This may lead to controller stall. Since the driver is > interested only in subset of flags, clearing the rest. > > Signed-off-by: Sarveshwar Bandi Applied, thanks.