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ixv: Defer reset after mailbox failure

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ixv: Defer reset after mailbox failure

When link polling loses mailbox clear-to-send or times out, request an
iflib reset instead of continuing with stale VF state.

The driver callback runs after iflib samples reset requests, so requeue
the admin task to make iflib consume the request on its next pass
rather than waiting for an unrelated timer or interrupt.

MFC after: 2 weeks

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Kevin Bowling <kbowling@FreeBSD.org>Authored on Aug 6 2026, 8:21 AM
Parents
rG545779a99290: ixgbe: Re-enable the SFP laser during initialization
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