be2net: Avoid diagnostic test in certain versions of firmware to avoid NIC freeze.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Reddy <suresh.reddy@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: Sarveshwar Bandi <sarveshwar.bandi@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
index c4662db825b0..ec3050b3133e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
@@ -755,6 +755,12 @@ be_self_test(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_test *test, u64 *data)
         int status;
         u8 link_status = 0;
 
+        if (adapter->function_caps & BE_FUNCTION_CAPS_SUPER_NIC) {
+                dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Self test not supported\n");
+                test->flags |= ETH_TEST_FL_FAILED;
+                return;
+        }
+
         memset(data, 0, sizeof(u64) * ETHTOOL_TESTS_NUM);
 
         if (test->flags & ETH_TEST_FL_OFFLINE) {