[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/cxgbe: avoid sending link params change from VF

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 9/27/2021 6:56 PM, Rahul Lakkireddy wrote:
> From: Nikhil Vasoya <nikhil.vasoya at chelsio.com>
> 
> VFs are not allowed to change physical link params when a port
> module change is detected. The firmware already returns appropriate
> permission error when VF tries to change physical link params. But,
> make sure to avoid sending the command to firmware from VF in the
> first place and prevent flooding firmware debug logs with permission
> errors.
> 
> Fixes: a83041b1e998 ("net/cxgbe: rework and simplify link handling")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nikhil Vasoya <nikhil.vasoya at chelsio.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rahul Lakkireddy <rahul.lakkireddy at chelsio.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/main, thanks.