netdev - Re: [2/5][TG3]: Fix the polarity bit.

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Message-Id: <20070711.194803.00928690.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:48:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mchan@...adcom.com
Cc:	mcarlson@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2/5][TG3]: Fix the polarity bit.

From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:32:07 -0700

> [TG3]: Fix the polarity bit.
> 
> For most pre-5705 devices, multiple link interrupts were being generated
> for a single physical link change.  The source of the interrupts was
> determined to be unnecessary toggling of the MAC link polarity bit.
> 
> This patch changes the way the link polarity bit gets configured.  Where
> possible, code that dynamically configures the bit in response to link
> changes has been replaced by code that configures the bit once during
> initialization time and then leaves the bit alone.
> 
> For correctness, this patch also limits the use of the bit to those
> devices where it is defined, namely devices before the 5705.  This patch
> also corrects the link polarity configurations for 5700 devices when
> paired against a bcm5411 phy.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matt Carlson <mcarlson@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>

Applied, thanks.
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