netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] solos-pci: Fix regression introduced by newest firmware

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Date:	Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:57:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	philipp_subx@...fish-solutions.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-atm-general@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] solos-pci: Fix regression introduced by newest
 firmware

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 03:01:36 +0000

> On Sun, 2011-03-20 at 18:52 -0700, Philip Prindeville wrote:
>> The newest FPGA firmware on the Solos processors correctly signals
>> carrier transitions, bitrate, etc.
>> 
>> The driver previously ignored these messages, and the physical state
>> was always ATM_PHY_SIG_UNKNOWN.
>> 
>> Now that the board reports its state, we expose a bug whereby the
>> transition from UNKNOWN to LOST causes us to release all VC's.
>> 
>> We don't delete any VC's, but instead just send an indication of
>> carrier change.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Philip A Prindeville <philipp@...fish-solutions.com>
>> ---
>> 
>> --- a/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c	2011-03-20 15:27:40.000000000 -0600
>> +++ b/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c	2011-03-20 16:32:11.000000000 -0600
>> @@ -382,8 +382,10 @@ static int process_status(struct solos_c
>> 
>>   	/* Anything but 'Showtime' is down */
>>   	if (strcmp(state_str, "Showtime")) {
>>   		atm_dev_signal_change(card->atmdev[port], ATM_PHY_SIG_LOST);
>> +#if 0
>>   		atm_dev_release_vccs(card->atmdev[port]);
>> +#endif
> 
> Either remove it or don't.  #if 0 is for people without version control.

Also, this would seem to break those using the older firmware.
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