bnx2x: Force link UP when the interface is in LOOPBACK mode

When the interface does not have carrier but when it's put into
loopback mode (for tests), it does not make sense to not have
the carrier. So force it!

Signed-off-by: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@google.com>
Acked-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c

@@ -4748,6 +4748,12 @@ void bnx2x_link_status_update(struct link_params *params,
 	vars->link_status = REG_RD(bp, params->shmem_base +
 				   offsetof(struct shmem_region,
 					    port_mb[port].link_status));
+
+	/* Force link UP in non LOOPBACK_EXT loopback mode(s) */
+	if (bp->link_params.loopback_mode != LOOPBACK_NONE &&
+	    bp->link_params.loopback_mode != LOOPBACK_EXT)
+		vars->link_status |= LINK_STATUS_LINK_UP;
+
 	if (bnx2x_eee_has_cap(params))
 		vars->eee_status = REG_RD(bp, params->shmem2_base +
 					  offsetof(struct shmem2_region,