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From: Jean-Louis Dupond <info@dupondje.be>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:11:08 +0200

> To be more precise, the error is ISTAT_RFO 0x00004000 /* Receive FIFO
> Overflow */

The problem is that we need to know if a receive FIFO overflow
puts the chip into a state where it must be reset.

And until we know that, we cannot simply exclude that condition
from the reset test.