netdev - [net-next 3/5] e1000e: NVM write protect access removed from SPT HW

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Date:	Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:57:43 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	Yanir Lubetkin <yanirx.lubetkin@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com, jogreene@...hat.com,
	Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [net-next 3/5] e1000e: NVM write protect access removed from SPT HW

From: Yanir Lubetkin <yanirx.lubetkin@...el.com>

The call to e1000e_write_protect_nvm_ich8lan() is no longer supported by HW.
Access to these registers causes a system freeze in A step hardware and is
ignored in B step hardware. This function must not be called in hardware
newer than LPT.

CC: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Yanir Lubetkin <yanirx.lubetkin@...el.com>
Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
index 8c95fb8..4e56c31 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -6874,7 +6874,8 @@ static int e1000_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		goto err_hw_init;
 
 	if ((adapter->flags & FLAG_IS_ICH) &&
-	    (adapter->flags & FLAG_READ_ONLY_NVM))
+	    (adapter->flags & FLAG_READ_ONLY_NVM) &&
+	    (hw->mac.type < e1000_pch_spt))
 		e1000e_write_protect_nvm_ich8lan(&adapter->hw);
 
 	hw->mac.ops.get_bus_info(&adapter->hw);
-- 
1.9.3

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