Loading firmware during PCI probe can lead to incorrect initialization, rendering the card unusable until next reboot. This was introduced a while ago as a workaround for firmware bug, a better workaround was submitted for this a while ago. So removing original hack that loads firmware during probe. Signed-off by: Dhananjay Phadke Index: netdev-2.6/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c =================================================================== --- netdev-2.6.orig/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c +++ netdev-2.6/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c @@ -639,10 +639,6 @@ netxen_nic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, c NETXEN_CRB_NORMALIZE(adapter, NETXEN_ROMUSB_GLB_PEGTUNE_DONE)); /* Handshake with the card before we register the devices. */ - writel(0, NETXEN_CRB_NORMALIZE(adapter, CRB_CMDPEG_STATE)); - netxen_pinit_from_rom(adapter, 0); - msleep(1); - netxen_load_firmware(adapter); netxen_phantom_init(adapter, NETXEN_NIC_PEG_TUNE); } -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html