netdev - [PATCH] smsc911x: enforce read-after-write timing restriction on eeprom access

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Date:	Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:14:36 +0000
From:	Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...c.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ian Saturley <ian.saturley@...c.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...c.com>
Subject: [PATCH] smsc911x: enforce read-after-write timing restriction on eeprom access

The LAN911x datasheet specifies a minimum delay of 45ns between a write
of E2P_DATA and any read.  This patch adds a single dummy read of
BYTE_TEST to enforce this timing constraint.

Signed-off-by: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...c.com>
---
 drivers/net/smsc911x.c |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/smsc911x.c b/drivers/net/smsc911x.c
index ad3cbc9..af8f60c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smsc911x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smsc911x.c
@@ -1680,6 +1680,7 @@ static int smsc911x_eeprom_write_location(struct smsc911x_data *pdata,
 					  u8 address, u8 data)
 {
 	u32 op = E2P_CMD_EPC_CMD_ERASE_ | address;
+	u32 temp;
 	int ret;
 
 	SMSC_TRACE(DRV, "address 0x%x, data 0x%x", address, data);
@@ -1688,6 +1689,10 @@ static int smsc911x_eeprom_write_location(struct smsc911x_data *pdata,
 	if (!ret) {
 		op = E2P_CMD_EPC_CMD_WRITE_ | address;
 		smsc911x_reg_write(pdata, E2P_DATA, (u32)data);
+
+		/* Workaround for hardware read-after-write restriction */
+		temp = smsc911x_reg_read(pdata, BYTE_TEST);
+
 		ret = smsc911x_eeprom_send_cmd(pdata, op);
 	}
 
-- 
1.6.0.6

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