netdev - Re: [PATCH] de2104x: wrong MAC address fix

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Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:49:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	martin-langer@....de
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] de2104x: wrong MAC address fix

From: Martin Langer <martin-langer@....de>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:04:59 +0200

> The de2104x returns sometimes a wrong MAC address. The wrong one is
> like the original one, but it comes with an one byte shift. I found
> this bug on an older alpha ev5 cpu. More details are available in Gentoo
> bugreport #240718.
> 
> It seems the hardware is sometimes a little bit too slow for an
> immediate access. This patch solves the problem by introducing a small
> udelay.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin Langer <martin-langer@....de>

Looks good, applied, thanks Martin.

> --- drivers/net/tulip/de2104x.c_ORIGINAL	2008-10-10 00:13:53.000000000 +0200
> +++ drivers/net/tulip/de2104x.c	2008-10-11 19:04:32.000000000 +0200
> @@ -1689,6 +1689,7 @@

Please -p1 base your patches in the future.
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