bnx2x: Force link UP when the interface is in LOOPBACK mode

When the interface does not have carrier but when it's put into
loopback mode (for tests), it does not make sense to not have
the carrier. So force it!

Signed-off-by: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@google.com>
Acked-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Mahesh Bandewar 2013-01-30 07:00:12 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent daef2262a7
commit 7614fe8888

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@ -4748,6 +4748,12 @@ void bnx2x_link_status_update(struct link_params *params,
vars->link_status = REG_RD(bp, params->shmem_base +
offsetof(struct shmem_region,
port_mb[port].link_status));
/* Force link UP in non LOOPBACK_EXT loopback mode(s) */
if (bp->link_params.loopback_mode != LOOPBACK_NONE &&
bp->link_params.loopback_mode != LOOPBACK_EXT)
vars->link_status |= LINK_STATUS_LINK_UP;
if (bnx2x_eee_has_cap(params))
vars->eee_status = REG_RD(bp, params->shmem2_base +
offsetof(struct shmem2_region,