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>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ethtool.c
index 8f2070439b5966fdc515eef68f07ebbda4ef1bba..c9d0c12d6f04156e19ec0240c19d64c0f23ebc8a 100644 (file)
--- 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) {