Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] bnx2x: Prevent link flaps when booting from SAN.

From: "Yuval Mintz" <redacted>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 11:04:03 +0200

From: Barak Witkowski <redacted>

It is possible that the driver is configured to operate with a certain
link configuration which differs from the link's configuration during
boot from SAN - this would cause the driver to flap the link.

Said flap may be missed by specific switches, causing dcbx convergence 
to be too long and boot sequence to fail. Convergence is longer because
switch ignores new dcbx packets due to counters mismatch, as only host 
side reset the counters due to the link flap.

This patch causes the driver to ignore user's initial configuration during
boot from SAN, and continues with the existing link configuration.

Signed-off-by: Barak Witkowski <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <redacted>

Applied, thanks.