From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] NetXen: Fix ping issue after reboot on Blades with 3.4.19 firmware Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:26:17 -0400 Message-ID: <466B2909.5050202@garzik.org> References: <200706071133.l57BX2G6007563@dut39.unminc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, amitkale@netxen.com, netxenproj@linsyssoft.com, rob@netxen.com To: Mithlesh Thukral Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:35156 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754426AbXFIW0T (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Jun 2007 18:26:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200706071133.l57BX2G6007563@dut39.unminc.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Mithlesh Thukral wrote: > NetXen: Fix initialization and subsequent ping issue on 3.4.19 firmware > This patch fixes the ping problem seen X/PBlades after the adapter's > firmware was moved to 3.4.19. After configured interface up, ping > failed. > NetXen adapter couldn't accept ARP broadcast packet. Manual addition of > MAC address in the ARP table, made ping work. > NetXen adapter should finish initilization after system boot. But looks > NetXen adapter didn't initilization correctly after system boot up. > So have to re-load the firmware again in probe routine. > Also re-initilization netxen_config_0 and netxen_config_1 registers. > > Signed-off by: Wen Xiong > Signed-off by: Mithlesh Thukral applied