From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net PATCH] bnx2x: previous driver unload revised Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:41:43 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20120327.224143.558320780655911930.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1332830827-18253-1-git-send-email-yuvalmin@broadcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, dmitry@broadcom.com, eilong@broadcom.com To: yuvalmin@broadcom.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([198.137.202.13]:47948 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757601Ab2C1Clq (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:41:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1332830827-18253-1-git-send-email-yuvalmin@broadcom.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: "Yuval Mintz" Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:47:07 +0200 > The flow in which the bnx2x driver starts after a previous driver > has been terminated in an 'unclean' manner has several bugs and > FW risks, which makes it possible for the driver to fail after > boot-from-SAN or kdump. > This patch contains a revised flow which performs a safer > initialization, solving the possible crash scenarios. > Notice this patch contains lines with over 80 characters, as it > keeps print-strings in a single line. > > Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz > Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein Applied.