[PATCH net] net/ibmvnic: Report last valid speed and duplex values to ethtool

Andrew Lunn andrew at lunn.ch
Fri Jun 28 03:57:15 AEST 2019


On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 12:09:13PM -0500, Thomas Falcon wrote:
> This patch resolves an issue with sensitive bonding modes
> that require valid speed and duplex settings to function
> properly. Currently, the adapter will report that device
> speed and duplex is unknown if the communication link
> with firmware is unavailable.

Dumb question. If you cannot communicate with the firmware, isn't the
device FUBAR? So setting the LACP port to disabled is the correct
things to do.

       Andrew


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