From: Dany Madden <drt@linux.ibm.com>
To: Cristobal Forno <cforno12@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, sukadev@linux.ibm.com,
mpe@ellerman.id.au, benh@kernel.crashing.org, paulus@samba.org,
davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org,
Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, net-next, v2] ibmvnic: Allow device probe if the device is not ready at boot
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 13:36:27 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b72a543228cde360d35a710f72fb8968@imap.linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210610170835.10190-1-cforno12@linux.ibm.com>
On 2021-06-10 10:08, Cristobal Forno wrote:
> Allow the device to be initialized at a later time if
> it is not available at boot. The device will be allowed to probe but
> will be given a "down" state. After completing device probe and
> registering the net device, the driver will await an interrupt signal
> from its partner device, indicating that it is ready for boot. The
> driver will schedule a work event to perform the necessary procedure
> and begin operation.
>
> Co-developed-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cristobal Forno <cforno12@linux.ibm.com>
>
> ---
Reviewed-by: Dany Madden <drt@linux.ibm.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-10 20:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-10 17:08 [PATCH, net-next, v2] ibmvnic: Allow device probe if the device is not ready at boot Cristobal Forno
2021-06-10 19:04 ` Lijun Pan
2021-06-10 20:36 ` Dany Madden [this message]
2021-06-10 21:40 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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2021-05-07 17:47 Cristobal Forno
2021-05-07 18:02 ` Lijun Pan
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