netdev - Re: [PATCH 4/7] tg3: PCI command adjustment

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Message-Id: <20071021.161736.43033261.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:17:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mcarlson@...adcom.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, andy@...yhouse.net, mchan@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] tg3: PCI command adjustment

From: "Matt Carlson" <mcarlson@...adcom.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:36:53 -0700

> This patch changes the way the driver works with the PCI command
> register.  It adjusts the access size from dwords to words.  This patch
> is done both as a PCI configuration space cleanup and as preparatory
> work for PCI error recovery.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matt Carlson <mcarlson@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>

I will apply this patch but I can imagine this 32-bit store
did things for us that will no longer be done.

For example, it might have been clearing error indications
in the PCI_STATUS reguster.
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