From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Philip Prindeville Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] solos-pci: Fix regression introduced by newest firmware Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:25:23 -0700 Message-ID: <4D86FD63.1090405@redfish-solutions.com> References: <1300676496.26693.318.camel@localhost> <20110320.215704.193716335.davem@davemloft.net> <4D86E89B.1060905@redfish-solutions.com> <20110320.230408.112594622.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: bhutchings@solarflare.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-atm-general@lists.sourceforge.net To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from mail.redfish-solutions.com ([66.232.79.143]:37507 "EHLO mail.redfish-solutions.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751643Ab1CUHZo (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Mar 2011 03:25:44 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20110320.230408.112594622.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 3/20/11 11:04 PM, David Miller wrote: > From: Philip Prindeville > Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:56:43 -0700 > >> It's not clear that dropping all VCs abruptly when carrier flapped was >> ever the right thing to do. > So you've tested your change with the older firmware present? I haven't, no: back-revving firmware has been known to brick cards. I'm waiting to hear back from Guy and Nathan, they have old cards on hand that they can test.