From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Cc: mingo@elte.hu, davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jesse.brandeburg@intel.com,
john.ronciak@intel.com, Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] e1000e: remove failed request for sw/fw/hw flag
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:51:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48DAE089.20307@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080923224630.6927.28967.stgit@jtkirshe-mobile.jf.intel.com>
Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
>
> When the driver fails to acquire the control flag used to serialize
> NVM and PHY accesses between the driver, firmware and hardware, remove the
> request for the flag otherwise the hardware might grant the flag when it
> becomes available but the driver will not release the flag. This could
> cause the firmware to prevent the driver getting the flag for all future
> attempts.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
> ---
>
> drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c | 2 ++
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
applied
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-25 0:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-23 22:46 [PATCH 3/3] e1000e: remove failed request for sw/fw/hw flag Jeff Kirsher
2008-09-25 0:51 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2008-09-25 1:00 ` Jiri Kosina
2008-09-25 1:29 ` Jeff Garzik
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