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Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 1/2] e1000e: fix acquisition of SW/FW/HW
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From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:41:37 -0700

> From: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
> 
> For ICHx parts, write the EXTCNF_CTRL.SWFLAG bit once when trying to
> acquire the SW/FW/HW semaphore instead of multiple times to prevent the
> hardware from having problems (especially for systems with manageability
> enabled), and extend the timeout for the hardware to set the SWFLAG bit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>

Applied.