On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 18:37:23 +0530, Arjun Vynipadath wrote: > Forcing link up of virtual interfaces even when physical link is down > causes packet drops and ping failures during bonding failover. Hence > adding a ethtool private flag to toggle force_link_up whenever required. > > Signed-off-by: Arjun Vynipadath <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Casey Leedom <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Ganesh Goudar <[email protected]>
Could you describe how this mechanism relates to the existing ndo_set_vf_link_state, which you seem to not make use of: $ git grep ndo_set_vf_link_state -- drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/ $ I understand you're configuring the setting from the VF side, but the question, as always, is: why ;)
