Re: [PATCH 1/5 net-next] tg3: Add 57766 device support.

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Thu, 2013-02-14 at 15:13 -0800, Nithin Nayak Sujir wrote:
> 
> On 02/14/2013 02:25 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Thu, 2013-02-14 at 14:13 -0800, Michael Chan wrote:
> >> From: Matt Carlson <mcarlson@broadcom.com>
> >>
> >> The patch also adds a couple of fixes
> >>
> >>   - For the 57766, bootcode needs to setup the PCIE Fast Training
> >>     Sequence (FTS) value to prevent transmit hangs. Unfortunately, it
> >>     does not have enough room in the selfboot case (i.e. devices with no
> >>     NVRAM).  The driver needs to implement this.
> > []
> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
> > []
> >> @@ -9179,7 +9180,14 @@ static int tg3_reset_hw(struct tg3 *tp, int reset_phy)
> >>   		}
> >>
> >>   		if (GET_CHIP_REV(tp->pci_chip_rev_id) != CHIPREV_57765_AX) {
> >> -			u32 grc_mode = tr32(GRC_MODE);
> >> +			u32 grc_mode;
> >> +
> >> +			/* Fix transmit hangs */
> >> +			val = tr32(TG3_CPMU_PADRNG_CTL);
> >> +			val |= TG3_CPMU_PADRNG_CTL_RDIV2;
> >> +			tw32(TG3_CPMU_PADRNG_CTL, val);
> >> +
> >
> > This seems to write this val to more devices than just
> > a 57766.  Intentional?
> >
> 
> Yes. In addition to the 57766, this fix applies to non-AX revisions of the 57765.
> 
> It's not apparent from the patch, but this code chunk is inside the conditional -
> 
> 	if (tg3_flag(tp, 57765_CLASS)) {
> 
> which is set for 57765 and 57766 devices.

I know. 

The commit message does not describe the patch correctly.
The commit message says "for the 57766".