ibmvnic: Allow device probe if the device is not ready at boot
Allow the device to be initialized at a later time if it is not available at boot. The device will be allowed to probe but will be given a "down" state. After completing device probe and registering the net device, the driver will await an interrupt signal from its partner device, indicating that it is ready for boot. The driver will schedule a work event to perform the necessary procedure and begin operation. Co-developed-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Cristobal Forno <cforno12@linux.ibm.com> Acked-by: Lijun Pan <lijunp213@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Dany Madden <drt@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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