Re: [PATCH] tg3: guard napi_disable and pci_disable_device calls

From: Michael Chan

Date: Mon May 18 2026 - 12:28:27 EST


On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 8:43 AM Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am not sure if we should allow this fix for what I think is a
> situation arising out of an unsupported topology..
> I will defer this to Michael or netdev maintainers for their feedback.

If the question is about adding a driver flag to keep track of the
NAPI state, I think it should be ok. bnxt has a similar
BNXT_STATE_NAPI_DISABLED flag for this purpose.

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