netdev - Re: make bnx2.c use msleep()

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Message-Id: <20070828.143250.131922421.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:32:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mchan@...adcom.com
Cc:	hch@...radead.org, arjan@...radead.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: make bnx2.c use msleep()

From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:21:30 -0700

> This is a special case since we are resetting the chip.  A read right
> after chip reset will hang the bus especially for A0 and A1 and that's
> why we need the msleep().  TG3 also has the same problem with chip
> reset.  The code that comes after the msleep() will read and poll for
> the reset to complete.

That's right, I forgot about this issue.

Thanks for explaining Michael.
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