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authorGreg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com>2013-01-24 08:54:48 +0400
committerJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>2013-01-28 12:19:52 +0400
commitaa19c2957b425f724efe93f2d5a5858b8aa613d7 (patch)
treed24845e537648220ca90a9d405cfa5106ab20a36
parent39149d4da6d50de92f9e7f70c743a8b8c20eeac1 (diff)
downloadlinux-aa19c2957b425f724efe93f2d5a5858b8aa613d7.tar.xz
ixgbevf: Make sure link status and speed are fetched
A recent change makes it necessary to set get_link_status to ensure that the driver fetches the correct, refreshed value for link status and speed when it has changed in the physical function device. Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com> Tested-by: Sibai Li <sibai.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ethtool.c1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ethtool.c
index 8f2070439b59..c9d0c12d6f04 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ethtool.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ static int ixgbevf_get_settings(struct net_device *netdev,
ecmd->transceiver = XCVR_DUMMY1;
ecmd->port = -1;
+ hw->mac.get_link_status = 1;
hw->mac.ops.check_link(hw, &link_speed, &link_up, false);
if (link_up) {