+inline bool force_linkup(struct adapter *adap)
+{
+ struct rte_pci_device *pdev = adap->pdev;
+
+ if (is_pf4(adap))
+ return false; /* force_linkup not required for pf driver*/
+ if (!cxgbe_get_devargs(pdev->device.devargs,
+ CXGBE_DEVARG_FORCE_LINK_UP))
+ return false;
+ return true;
+}
+