netdev - Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 2/2] e1000e: fix potential NVM corruption on ICH9 with 8K bank size

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Message-Id: <20090809.214750.145796277.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:47:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com, bruce.w.allan@...el.com
Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 2/2] e1000e: fix potential NVM corruption on
 ICH9 with 8K bank size

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:41:56 -0700

> From: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
> 
> The bank offset was being incorrectly calculated on ICH9 parts with a bank
> size of 8K (instead of the more common 4K bank) which would cause any NVM
> writes to be done on the wrong address after switching from bank 1 to bank
> 0.  Additionally, assume we are meant to use bank 0 if a valid bank is not
> detected, and remove the unnecessary acquisition of the SW/FW/HW semaphore
> when writing to the shadow ram version of the NVM image.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied.
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