+ /* if the read failed it could just be a mailbox collision, best wait
+ * until we are called again and don't report an error
+ */
+ if (mbx->ops.read(hw, &in_msg, 1, 0))
+ goto out;
+
+ if (!(in_msg & IXGBE_VT_MSGTYPE_CTS)) {
+ /* msg is not CTS and is NACK we must have lost CTS status */
+ if (in_msg & IXGBE_VT_MSGTYPE_NACK)
+ ret_val = -1;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ /* the pf is talking, if we timed out in the past we reinit */
+ if (!mbx->timeout) {
+ ret_val = -1;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ /* if we passed all the tests above then the link is up and we no
+ * longer need to check for link
+ */
+ mac->get_link_status = false;
+
+out:
+ *link_up = !mac->get_link_status;
+ return ret_val;