Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754578Ab0H3Cml (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:42:41 -0400 Received: from mail-iw0-f174.google.com ([209.85.214.174]:64542 "EHLO mail-iw0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754368Ab0H3Cmj convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:42:39 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=IfakRAqhaZ5XXOGJF2uijVU7eSuRGci1c0APtD5owTDxdhaNbcVdm0bVUC6x8umwWb i6c9cJZDZadlL2/WXsERFTHhqZG0RhjzsJoON0imUtPMnXC2FwyH+PEIofTdn2cemBbw kSfaQy1qXnbXuVUQOXm8eoQn+0TR2ySSfQMAk= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1282936206-17288-1-git-send-email-Kyle.D.Moffett@boeing.com> References: <1282936206-17288-1-git-send-email-Kyle.D.Moffett@boeing.com> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:42:39 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: UJOb0lFWNkPb46QhS69q97uSVLc Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] e1000e: Intel 82571EB: Don't wait for MNG cycle on unmanaged chips From: Jeff Kirsher To: Kyle Moffett Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Kyle Moffett Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1065 Lines: 27 On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:10, Kyle Moffett wrote: > The Intel 82571EB chipset can be used in an unmanaged configuration as a > fast dual-port Gig-E controller.  Unfortunately a board constructed that > way would fail to correctly come up because the driver polls for the > completion of a management cycle that will never occur. > > To resolve this problem, we disable the poll and error return on chips > whose EEPROMs indicate no management.  As a protection against > misconfigured chipsets, we still delay for the entire management poll > timeout. > > Signed-off-by: Kyle Moffett > --- >  drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c |    7 +++++++ >  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > Thanks Kyle, I have added the patch to my queue. -- Cheers, Jeff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/