From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Francois Romieu Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 08/08] r8169: more 8168dp support. Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 00:53:35 +0100 Message-ID: <20110104235335.GA6161@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> References: <20110102233751.GI5780@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> <20110104002606.GA5934@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, "'Ben Hutchings'" To: hayeswang Return-path: Received: from violet.fr.zoreil.com ([92.243.8.30]:34817 "EHLO violet.fr.zoreil.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751075Ab1ADXxw (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jan 2011 18:53:52 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: hayeswang : [...] > When doing reset, the nic has to notify the embedded system and wait a response. > However, maybe the system accesses the same register at the same time, so the > embedded system and the driver implement the same method of software mutex to > prevent this situation. Thanks for the information. I have found no 8168dp in my collection. A volunteer to test this patch with the relevant hardware would be welcome. -- Ueimor