From: Zhu Yanjun <yanjun....@windriver.com> According to the suggestion from Rustad, Mark D, this behavior perhaps is more related to the copper phy. But to make fiber phy more robust, to all the interfaces as a slave interface, the link_speed and link_up is synchronized.
Signed-off-by: Zhu Yanjun <yanjun....@windriver.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c index 1bb6056..ce47639 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c @@ -6441,10 +6441,12 @@ static void ixgbe_watchdog_link_is_up(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter) * a bonding driver in 802.3ad mode. When X540 NIC acts as an * independent interface, it is not necessary to synchronize link_up * and link_speed. - * In the end, not continue if (X540 NIC && SLAVE && link_speed UNKNOWN) + * According to the suggestion from Rustad, Mark D, this behavior + * perhaps is related to the copper phy. To make fiber phy more robust, + * To all the interfaces as a slave, the link_speed is checked. + * In the end, not continue if (SLAVE && link_speed UNKNOWN) */ - if ((hw->mac.type == ixgbe_mac_X540) && - (netdev->flags & IFF_SLAVE)) + if (netdev->flags & IFF_SLAVE) if (link_speed == IXGBE_LINK_SPEED_UNKNOWN) return; -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html