qla3xxx network driver fills the log with "Link is down" messages

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461623

If you try to bring up a qla3xxx adapter without any cable connected it fills the log with:

qla3xxx eth2: Link is down.
qla3xxx eth2: port_link_state = LS_DOWN.
qla3xxx eth2: Link is down.
qla3xxx eth2: port_link_state = LS_DOWN.
qla3xxx eth2: Link is down.
qla3xxx eth2: port_link_state = LS_DOWN.
qla3xxx eth2: Link is down.
qla3xxx eth2: port_link_state = LS_DOWN.
...

Quoted 5 lines · Chuck Ebbert

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461623

If you try to bring up a qla3xxx adapter without any cable connected it fills the log with:

Quoted 9 lines

qla3xxx eth2: Link is down.
qla3xxx eth2: port_link_state = LS_DOWN.
qla3xxx eth2: Link is down.
qla3xxx eth2: port_link_state = LS_DOWN.
qla3xxx eth2: Link is down.
qla3xxx eth2: port_link_state = LS_DOWN.
qla3xxx eth2: Link is down.
qla3xxx eth2: port_link_state = LS_DOWN.
...

Thanks for pointing this out. I am out of town this week so will fix this and post upstream and to distros when I return next Monday.

Quoted 16 lines · Ron Mercer

Quoted 5 lines · Chuck Ebbert

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461623

If you try to bring up a qla3xxx adapter without any cable connected it fills the log with:

Quoted 9 lines

qla3xxx eth2: Link is down.
qla3xxx eth2: port_link_state = LS_DOWN.
qla3xxx eth2: Link is down.
qla3xxx eth2: port_link_state = LS_DOWN.
qla3xxx eth2: Link is down.
qla3xxx eth2: port_link_state = LS_DOWN.
qla3xxx eth2: Link is down.
qla3xxx eth2: port_link_state = LS_DOWN.
...

Quoted 2 lines

Thanks for pointing this out. I am out of town this week so will fix this and post upstream and to distros when I return next Monday.

Hey Ron,
Did this fall through the cracks?
I didn't see any follow-up.

thanks,

Dave