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Subject: [dpdk-dev]  ixgbe: fix link speed detection of ixgbevf
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This patch is actually a workaround to the problem. By setting
get_link_status just before calling ixgbe_check_link defeats the whole
purpose of the variable and results in _always_ getting the link
status. I think that this patch should be superseded by the following
patch:

http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/2104/