From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6] be2net: Bug fix to avoid disabling bottom half during firmware upgrade. Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 16:16:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20100525.161640.189696312.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20100525081514.GA5695@serverengines.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: sarveshwarb@serverengines.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:60387 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932635Ab0EYXQa (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 May 2010 19:16:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20100525081514.GA5695@serverengines.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Sarveshwar Bandi Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 13:45:24 +0530 > Certain firmware commands/operations to upgrade firmware could take several > seconds to complete. The code presently disables bottom half during these > operations which could lead to unpredictable behaviour in certain cases. This > patch now does all firmware upgrade operations asynchronously using a > completion variable. > > Signed-off-by: Sarveshwar Bandi Applied, thanks.