linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] e1000e: remove failed request for sw/fw/hw flag

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Message-ID: <48DAE98D.3070208@garzik.org>
Date:	Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:29:49 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
CC:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, john.ronciak@...el.com,
	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] e1000e: remove failed request for sw/fw/hw flag

Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
>>> When the driver fails to acquire the control flag used to serialize
>>> NVM and PHY accesses between the driver, firmware and hardware, remove the
>>> request for the flag otherwise the hardware might grant the flag when it
>>> becomes available but the driver will not release the flag.  This could
>>> cause the firmware to prevent the driver getting the flag for all future
>>> attempts.
>> applied
> 
> BTW are you going to take the whole series, or just this fix?

Just this fix

	Jeff



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