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Date:	Sun,  7 Jun 2009 16:58:29 -0700
From:	Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ron.mercer@...gic.com
Subject: [net-2.6 PATCH 5/5] qlge: Fix timeout on firmware mailbox commands.

Some firmware mailbox commands require the firmware to
communicate with the FCoE driver running on another
PCI function.  This can potentially take several seconds.
This wait is done in process context only.

Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com>
---
 drivers/net/qlge/qlge_mpi.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_mpi.c b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
index de96b8a..3bd60a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
@@ -90,14 +90,14 @@ static int ql_get_mb_sts(struct ql_adapter *qdev, struct mbox_params *mbcp)
  */
 static int ql_wait_mbx_cmd_cmplt(struct ql_adapter *qdev)
 {
-	int count = 50;	/* TODO: arbitrary for now. */
+	int count = 100;
 	u32 value;

 	do {
 		value = ql_read32(qdev, STS);
 		if (value & STS_PI)
 			return 0;
-		udelay(UDELAY_DELAY); /* 10us */
+		mdelay(UDELAY_DELAY); /* 100ms */
 	} while (--count);
 	return -ETIMEDOUT;
 }
-- 
1.6.0.2

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