netdev - Re: [PATCH] sky2: Don't try to turn led off in sky2

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Date:	Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:48:03 +0200
From:	Rene Mayrhofer <rene.mayrhofer@...raltar.at>
To:	Mike McCormack <mikem@...g3k.org>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Richard Leitner <leitner@...s.at>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sky2: Don't try to turn led off in sky2_down()

Hi Mika and Stephen,

Am Samstag, 29. August 2009 15:10:33 schrieb Mike McCormack:
> There are a few problems with the following line of code in sky2_down()
>
>      sky2_write16(hw, B0_Y2LED, LED_STAT_OFF);
>
>  * It doesn't specify which port's LED to turn off.
>  * We don't turn send LED_STAT_ON on in sky2_up()
>  * B0_LED is 0x0006 in the vendor driver, but 0x0005 in sky2.
>    B0_LED is right next to B0_POWER_CTRL, so this is possibly
>    accounts for the device being accidently powered down as
>    reported by Rene Mayrhofer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike McCormack <mikem@...g3k.org>

I tried the current net-next version with this patch, and a network restart 
still leads to a system reset. Is this patch aimed at net-next or the vanilla 
2.6.30.5 version?

I assume the updated 2 patches would not make any difference, right?

best regards,
Rene

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