netdev - Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 11/12] e1000e: Fix/cleanup PHY reset code for ICHx/PCHx

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Date:	Wed, 12 May 2010 23:32:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com, bruce.w.allan@...el.com
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 11/12] e1000e: Fix/cleanup PHY reset code
 for ICHx/PCHx

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 18:02:32 -0700

> From: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
> 
> i) Fixes a bug where e1000_sw_lcd_config_ich8lan() was calling
> e1000_lan_init_done_ich8lan() to poll the STATUS.LAN_INIT_DONE bit to
> make sure the MAC had completed the PHY configuration.  However,
> e1000_lan_init_done_ich8lan() had already been called in one of the two
> places where PHY reset occurs for ICHx/PCHx parts, which caused the second
> call to busy-wait for 150 msec because the LAN_INIT_DONE bit had already
> been checked and cleared.
> 
> ii) Cleanup the two separate PHY reset code paths, i.e. the full-chip reset
> in e1000_reset_hw_ich8lan() and the PHY-only reset in
> e1000_phy_hw_reset_ich8lan().  There was duplicate code in both paths to be
> performed post-reset that are now combined into one new function -
> e1000_post_phy_reset_ich8lan().  This cleanup also included moving the
> clearing of the PHY Reset Asserted bit in the STATUS register (now done for
> all ICH/PCH parts) and the check for the indication from h/w that basic
> configuration has completed back to where it previously was in
> e1000_get_cfg_done_ich8lan().
> 
> iii) Corrected a few comments
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied.
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