netdev - [PATCH 2.6.27-rc8 1/6] e1000e: reset swflag after resetting hardware

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Date:	Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:33:20 -0700
From:	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, arjan@...ux.intel.com, airlied@...il.com,
	davem@...emloft.net, jeff@...zik.org,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2.6.27-rc8 1/6] e1000e: reset swflag after resetting hardware

in the process of debugging things, noticed that the swflag is not reset
by the driver after reset, and the swflag is probably not reset unless
management firmware clears it after 100ms.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
---

 drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
index d8efba8..f4b6744 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,9 @@ static s32 e1000_reset_hw_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 	ew32(CTRL, (ctrl | E1000_CTRL_RST));
 	msleep(20);
 
+	/* release the swflag because it is not reset by hardware reset */
+	e1000_release_swflag_ich8lan(hw);
+
 	ret_val = e1000e_get_auto_rd_done(hw);
 	if (ret_val) {
 		/*

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