bnx2x: Link Flap Avoidance
Various flows in the bnx2x driver cause a link-flap - if the link is up, it would be toggled down (after a mac/phy reset) and then taken back up. In many of these cases, there is no need to do cause such a flap, as the associated flows should not actually affect the link. This patch adds the 'Link Flap Avoidance' mechanism, which allows the driver to better determine if a given flow requires a link change, and thus minimize the number of link flaps caused by the driver. Signed-off-by: Yaniv Rosner <yaniv.rosner@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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