If the link is up, then the driver cannot be stopped and started successfully. Instead of checking the link status, use the driver's state.
Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <3chas3 at gmail.com> --- drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x.c b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x.c index 294711f..2dc2a47 100644 --- a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x.c +++ b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x.c @@ -7430,7 +7430,7 @@ int bnx2x_init(struct bnx2x_softc *sc) int rc; /* Check if the driver is still running and bail out if it is. */ - if (sc->link_vars.link_up) { + if (sc->state != BNX2X_STATE_CLOSED) { PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "Init called while driver is running!"); rc = 0; goto bnx2x_init_done; -- 2.1.0