Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] igbvf: Regard vf reset nack as success

From: Paul Menzel
Date: Tue Nov 22 2022 - 09:17:28 EST


Dear Akihiko,


Thank you for your patch.


Am 22.11.22 um 10:27 schrieb Akihiko Odaki:
vf reset nack actually represents the reset operation itself is
performed but no address is not assigned. Therefore, e1000_reset_hw_vf

Is … no … not assigned … intentional?

should fill the "perm_addr" with the zero address and return success on
such an occassion. This prevents its callers in netdev.c from saying PF

occasion

still resetting, and instead allows them to correctly report that no
address is assigned.

In what environment do you hit the problem?

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Kind regards,

Paul