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From: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@qlogic.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:06:50 -0800

> Removing usage of rtnl_lock() to protect firmware interface registers.
> These registers are accessed in some worker threads and can create a
> deadlock if rtnl_lock is taken by upper layers while the worker is still
> pending.
> We remove rtnl_lock and use a driver mutex just while mailboxes are
> accessed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@qlogic.com>

Applied.