[RFC PATCH v2 1/2] net: ethernet: nb8800: Reset HW block in ndo_open

[andrew@lunn.ch (Andrew Lunn)]

> > Finally, you still haven't explained why the hw needs to be reset in
> > ndo_open().  Whatever is causing your lockup can almost certainly be
> > triggered in some other way too.  I will not accept this side-stepping
> > of the issue.
> 
> (I was not aware that you were the final authority on which
> patches are accepted upstream.)

./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f drivers/net/ethernet/aurora/nb8800.c
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> (commit_signer:6/6=100%)
Mans Rullgard <mans@mansr.com> (commit_signer:2/6=33%)
Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com> (commit_signer:1/6=17%,authored:1/6=17%,removed_lines:1/17=6%)
Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> (commit_signer:1/6=17%)
Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> (commit_signer:1/6=17%,added_lines:1/14=7%,removed_lines:11/17=65%)
Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com> (authored:1/6=17%,added_lines:1/14=7%)
Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> (authored:1/6=17%,added_lines:7/14=50%,removed_lines:2/17=12%)
Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> (authored:1/6=17%,added_lines:2/14=14%,removed_lines:2/17=12%)
Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@huawei.com> (authored:1/6=17%,added_lines:3/14=21%,removed_lines:1/17=6%)

David is very likely to listen to Mans's recommendations, since Mans
has done most of the review work for this driver.

      Andrew