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authorMahesh Bandewar <maheshb@google.com>2013-01-30 07:00:12 (GMT)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2013-02-03 03:59:25 (GMT)
commit7614fe8888840a78ad4730d82adcc679c1af1894 (patch)
tree7b2a0d001083ab9ff091a44b65a8c19160525ea0 /drivers
parentdaef2262a730144af851ef352b003ecadbdff005 (diff)
downloadlinux-7614fe8888840a78ad4730d82adcc679c1af1894.tar.xz
bnx2x: Force link UP when the interface is in LOOPBACK mode
When the interface does not have carrier but when it's put into loopback mode (for tests), it does not make sense to not have the carrier. So force it! Signed-off-by: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@google.com> Acked-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c
index 859df75..c6da77f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c
@@ -4748,6 +4748,12 @@ void bnx2x_link_status_update(struct link_params *params,
vars->link_status = REG_RD(bp, params->shmem_base +
offsetof(struct shmem_region,
port_mb[port].link_status));
+
+ /* Force link UP in non LOOPBACK_EXT loopback mode(s) */
+ if (bp->link_params.loopback_mode != LOOPBACK_NONE &&
+ bp->link_params.loopback_mode != LOOPBACK_EXT)
+ vars->link_status |= LINK_STATUS_LINK_UP;
+
if (bnx2x_eee_has_cap(params))
vars->eee_status = REG_RD(bp, params->shmem2_base +
offsetof(struct shmem2_region,