From aa19c2957b425f724efe93f2d5a5858b8aa613d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Rose Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:54:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Tested-by: Sibai Li Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ethtool.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ethtool.c index 8f2070439b59..c9d0c12d6f04 100644 --- 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) { -- 2.20.1