Re: [net-next PATCH 1/2] octeontx2-pf: Add devlink param to init and de-init serdes
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Date: 2021-10-27 15:38:11
On Wed, 27 Oct 2021 16:01:14 +0530 Subbaraya Sundeep wrote:
From: Rakesh Babu <redacted>
The physical/SerDes link of an netdev interface is not
toggled on interface bring up and bring down. This is
because the same link is shared between PFs and its VFs.
This patch adds devlink param to toggle physical link so
that it is useful in cases where a physical link needs to
be re-initialized.
So it's a reset? Or are there cases where user wants the link
to stay down?