Updating VF's tx-rate and FW-download are not allowed when the interface is
down. In such cases return -ENETDOWN to the stack.
Signed-off-by: Kalesh AP <kalesh.purayil@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
 
        if (!link_status) {
                dev_err(dev, "TX-rate setting not allowed when link is down\n");
-               status = -EPERM;
+               status = -ENETDOWN;
                goto err;
        }
 
        if (!netif_running(adapter->netdev)) {
                dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev,
                        "Firmware load not allowed (interface is down)\n");
-               return -1;
+               return -ENETDOWN;
        }
 
        status = request_firmware(&fw, fw_file, &adapter->pdev->dev);