ethtool: Veto some operations during firmware flashing process
Some operations cannot be performed during the firmware flashing process. For example: - Port must be down during the whole flashing process to avoid packet loss while committing reset for example. - Writing to EEPROM interrupts the flashing process, so operations like ethtool dump, module reset, get and set power mode should be vetoed. - Split port firmware flashing should be vetoed. In order to veto those scenarios, add a flag in 'struct net_device' that indicates when a firmware flash is taking place on the module and use it to prevent interruptions during the process. Signed-off-by: Danielle Ratson <danieller@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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