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Alexander Duyck committed 1e1b0c658d9
ixgbevf: Use cached link state instead of re-reading the value for ethtool Change the ethtool link settings call to just read the cached state out of the adapter structure instead of trying to recheck the value from the PF. Doing this should prevent excessive reading of the mailbox. Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@canonical.com> Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>