linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] 8139cp/8139too: do not read into reserved registers

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Date:	Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:20:28 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <akong@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] 8139cp/8139too: do not read into reserved registers

On Sat, 2011-12-31 at 17:44 +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> delay_eeprom() use long read for Cfg9346 register(offset 0x50) which may read
> into the area of reserved register(offset 0x53). Use byte read instead.
[...]

If they've been working like this for so long (from the start of git
history), maybe they're best left alone.

Ben.

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