From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] e1000e: only perform ESB2 MDIC workaround on certain configurations Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:11:05 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20091208.201105.215659668.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20091208172725.19741.25809.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <20091208172819.19741.89888.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, gospo@redhat.com, bruce.w.allan@intel.com To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:37905 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756679AbZLIEK7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Dec 2009 23:10:59 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20091208172819.19741.89888.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jeff Kirsher Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:28:20 -0800 > From: Bruce Allan > > A workaround added for all ESB2 devices (adds a delay for all MDIC accesses > which resolves an issue with the MDIC ready bit being set prematurely) is > applicable only to devices in which the MAC-PHY interconnect is not > operating in a certain mode with in-band MDIO. Check the control register > for the operating mode and enable the workaround accordingly. > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Applied.