Re: [net-next] tg3: allow ethtool -p to work for NICs in down state

[David Miller]

From: Jon Maxwell <jmaxwell37@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue,  2 Apr 2019 16:07:56 +1100

> Make tg3 behave like other drivers and let "ethtool -p" identify the
> NIC even when it's in the DOWN state. Before this patch it would get an 
> error as follows if the NIC was down:
> 
> # ip link set down dev em4
> # ethtool -p em4
> Cannot identify NIC: Resource temporarily unavailable
> 
> With this patch ethtool identify works regardless of whether the NIC is up
> or down as it does for other drivers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jon Maxwell <jmaxwell37@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks Jon.