From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: ivecera@redhat.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, sathya.perla@broadcom.com,
ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com, padmanabh.ratnakar@broadcom.com,
sriharsha.basavapatna@broadcom.com, somnath.kotur@broadcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] be2net: don't report EVB for older chipsets when SR-IOV is disabled
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 11:35:52 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160211.113552.101945405195587420.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1455190946-2906-1-git-send-email-ivecera@redhat.com>
From: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:42:26 +0100
> The EVB (virtual bridge) functionality should be disabled on older BE3
> and Lancer chips if SR-IOV is disabled in the NIC's BIOS. This setting
> is identified by the zero value of total VFs reported by the card.
> The GET_HSW_CONFIG command cannot be used as it is not supported by
> these older chipset's FW.
>
> v2: added the comment
>
> Cc: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@broadcom.com>
> Cc: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
> Cc: Padmanabh Ratnakar <padmanabh.ratnakar@broadcom.com>
> Cc: Sriharsha Basavapatna <sriharsha.basavapatna@broadcom.com>
> Cc: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@broadcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
Applied, thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-11 16:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-11 11:42 [PATCH net-next v2] be2net: don't report EVB for older chipsets when SR-IOV is disabled Ivan Vecera
2016-02-11 12:22 ` Sathya Perla
2016-02-11 16:35 ` David Miller [this message]
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