From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] cxgb4: Shutdown adapter if firmware times out or errors out Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 13:35:43 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20170116.133543.71724184955414718.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1484324726-29590-1-git-send-email-hariprasad@chelsio.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, leedom@chelsio.com, nirranjan@chelsio.com, ganeshgr@chelsio.com To: hariprasad@chelsio.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:45956 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750826AbdAPSfp (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jan 2017 13:35:45 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1484324726-29590-1-git-send-email-hariprasad@chelsio.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Hariprasad Shenai Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 21:55:26 +0530 > Perform an emergency shutdown of the adapter and stop it from > continuing any further communication on the ports or DMA to the > host. This is typically used when the adapter and/or firmware > have crashed and we want to prevent any further accidental > communication with the rest of the world. This will also force > the port Link Status to go down -- if register writes work -- > which should help our peers figure out that we're down. > > Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Shenai Applied, thank you.