Re: [PATCH] ibmvnic: Handle backing device failover and reinitialization

2016-08-19 Thread David Miller
From: Thomas Falcon Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 11:37:51 -0500 > An upcoming feature of IBM VNIC protocol is the ability to configure > redundant backing devices for a VNIC client. In case of a failure > on the current backing device, the driver will receive a signal > from the hypervisor indicating t

[PATCH] ibmvnic: Handle backing device failover and reinitialization

2016-08-18 Thread Thomas Falcon
An upcoming feature of IBM VNIC protocol is the ability to configure redundant backing devices for a VNIC client. In case of a failure on the current backing device, the driver will receive a signal from the hypervisor indicating that a failover will occur. The driver will then wait for a message f