From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/ice: make link state configurable on device stop
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 07:55:47 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250828075547.1fe99122@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250828102305.1522036-1-ciara.loftus@intel.com>
On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:23:05 +0000
Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@intel.com> wrote:
> Introduce the boolean restore_link_state devarg for the ice driver. When
> set, when the ice port is stopped, the physical link will be restored to
> the state it was in when the device was started.
>
> Prior to this patch the default behaviour was to always restore the link
> to its original state. The new default behaiour is to always bring the
> link down, which is in keeping with most other drivers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@intel.com>
> ---
Device specific devargs should be discouraged. Seems like the same
issue occurs across multiple drivers.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-28 14:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-28 10:23 Ciara Loftus
2025-08-28 10:35 ` Bruce Richardson
2025-08-28 14:55 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
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