From: Ganesh Goudar <ganes...@chelsio.com> Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 20:36:53 +0530
> @@ -92,6 +92,18 @@ module_param(msi, int, 0644); > MODULE_PARM_DESC(msi, "whether to use MSI-X or MSI"); > > /* > + * Logic controls. > + * =============== > + */ > + > +/* The Virtual Interfaces are connected to an internal switch on the chip > + * which allows VIs attached to the same port to talk to each other even when > + * the port link is down. As a result, we generally want to always report a > + * VI's link as being "up". > + */ > +#define force_link_up 1 Please don't do this, just perform the actions unconditionally.