If SFP module is not present, reset_hw doesn't return success. SW should complete the initialization, or with specific module it resulted in no link when the module was later inserted.
Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo...@intel.com> --- drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_common.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_common.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_common.c index 9645667..df6fbf9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_common.c +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_common.c @@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ s32 ixgbe_init_hw_generic(struct ixgbe_hw *hw) /* Reset the hardware */ status = hw->mac.ops.reset_hw(hw); - if (status == IXGBE_SUCCESS) { + if (status == IXGBE_SUCCESS || status == IXGBE_ERR_SFP_NOT_PRESENT) { /* Start the HW */ status = hw->mac.ops.start_hw(hw); } -- 1.9.3