netdev - Re: [PATCH] sky2: sky2 FE+ receive status workaround

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Date:	Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:58:07 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jochen Voß <voss@...huhn.de>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sky2: sky2 FE+ receive status workaround

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:14:11 +0100
Jochen Voß <voss@...huhn.de> wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
> 
> On 27 Sep 2007, at 01:58, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > +	/* This chip has hardware problems that generates bogus status.
> > +	 * So do only marginal checking and expect higher level protocols
> > +	 * to handle crap frames.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (sky2->hw->chip_id == CHIP_ID_YUKON_FE_P &&
> > +	    sky2->hw->chip_rev == CHIP_REV_YU_FE2_A0 &&
> > +	    length != count)
> > +		goto okay;
> 
> Shouldn't the condition be "length == count"?
> 

No, the code is correct as is.  Basically if length == count, then
the status field is correct, and the driver can go ahead and use it.
If length != count, then the status is bogus but the data is okay.


-- 
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
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