bnxt_en: Don't issue AP reset during ethtool's reset operation
authorSreekanth Reddy <sreekanth.reddy@broadcom.com>
Wed, 7 Jun 2023 07:54:05 +0000 (00:54 -0700)
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Thu, 8 Jun 2023 08:52:45 +0000 (10:52 +0200)
commit1d997801c7cc6a7f542e46d5a6bf16f893ad3fe9
tree5316e1ca4eb0417fc014864fe1d3c6c1749d1b93
parent095d5dc0c1d9f3284e3c575ccf4c0e8b04b548f8
bnxt_en: Don't issue AP reset during ethtool's reset operation

Only older NIC controller's firmware uses the PROC AP reset type.
Firmware on 5731X/5741X and newer chips does not support this reset
type.  When bnxt_reset() issues a series of resets, this PROC AP
reset may actually fail on these newer chips because the firmware
is not ready to accept this unsupported command yet.  Avoid this
unnecessary error by skipping this reset type on chips that don't
support it.

Fixes: 7a13240e3718 ("bnxt_en: fix ethtool_reset_flags ABI violations")
Reviewed-by: Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Sreekanth Reddy <sreekanth.reddy@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c