netdev - Re: [net-next 0/5][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2015-03-20

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Date:	Fri, 20 Mar 2015 21:41:02 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com,
	jogreene@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next 0/5][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates
 2015-03-20

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:57:40 -0700

> This series contains updates to ixgb, e1000e, igb and igbvf.
> 
> Eliezer and Todd provide patches to fix a potential issue found during code
> inspection.  When bringing down an interface netif_carrier_off() should
> be one of the first things we do, since this will prevent the stack from
> queueing more packets to this interface.
> 
> Yanir provides a fix for e1000e that was found in validating i219,
> where the call to e1000e_write_protect_nvm_ich8lan() is no longer
> supported in newer hardware.  Access to these registers causes a
> system freeze in early steppings and is ignored in later steppings.

Looks good, pulled, thanks Jeff.
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