On Wed, Jun 03, 2026 at 02:34:06PM +0000, Ciara Loftus wrote:
> This reverts commit 6c76b76dc64183eb2f24a52b90d4ff9feb4872f4.
>
> The reverted commit worked around a potential timing issue where the
> link could be reported down immediately after the link was enabled
> during device start. The commit introduced a blocking wait which gave
> the driver a better chance to read the correct link state before
> returning from device start. However, since the auto link update flag is
> set when setting the link up in device start, an adminq notification
> should arrive once the link is up, which will be handled and correctly
> set the link status. This means we can remove the delay from device
> start as it does not need to guarantee link up before returning.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
Should this revert be marked for backport, or is it safer to keep the LTS's
as they are?
