Re: [PATCH net-26 1/5] cxgb4vf: Virtual Interfaces are always up ...

From: Casey Leedom <redacted>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:00:19 -0800

Implement new default mode of always reporting the Virtual Interface link as
being "up".  This allows different Virtual Interfaces on the same port to
continue to communicate with each other even when the physical port link is
down.  This new behavior is controlled via the module parameter
force_link_up (default 1).  The old behavior can be achieved by setting
force_link_up=0.

Signed-off-by: Casey Leedom <redacted>

No driver specific module parameters!  Add something generic and common
so other drivers can use it too.

Otherwise every user has to learn a different way to control this
attribute, depending upon the device type, which is rediculious.

How many times do we have to tell driver authors this?