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Message-ID: <46E8B6C2.5080507@garzik.org>
Date:	Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:04:18 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Sivakumar Subramani <Sivakumar.Subramani@...erion.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, support@...erion.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.24 1/5]S2io: Enable all the error and alarm indications

Sivakumar Subramani wrote:
> - Added support to unmask entire set of device errors and alarams.
>         Alarm interrupts are generated for a myriad of purposes, ranging from
>   illegal operations or requests to internal state machine errors and
>   uncorrectable data corruption errors. In several cases the adapter can
>   recover gracefully from unexpected events; however, in some cases, a device
>   reset may be necessary. This patch handles alarms generated by all the
>   blocks within the device.
> 
>   The adapter generates the following types of alarms:
>         1. Link state transitions (local/remote fault) or other link-related
>            problems.
>         2. Problems with any device peripherals, including the EEPROM, FLASH,
>            etc.
>         3. Correctable ECC errors (single-bit errors) on internal data
>            structures or frame data.
>         4. Uncorrectable ECC errors (multi-bit errors) on internal data
>            structures or frame data.
>         5. State machine errors, which indicate that internal control
>            structures have become corrupted.
>         6. PCI related errors, including parity errors or illegal transactions.
>         7. Other unexpected events.
> 
> - Implemented Jeff's review comments to use do_s2io_write_bits function to avoid
>   duplicate codes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sivakumar Subramani <sivakumar.subramani@...erion.com>
> Signed-off-by: Santosh Rastapur <santosh.rastapur@...erion.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ramkrishna Vepa <ram.vepa@...erion.com>

applied 1-5 to #upstream (2.6.24)


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