netdev - Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 2/5] e1000e: increase swflag acquisition timeout for ICHx/PCH

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Message-Id: <20091026.161710.257835809.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:17:10 -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 2/5] e1000e: increase swflag acquisition
 timeout for ICHx/PCH

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:23:06 -0700

> From: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
> 
> In some conditions (e.g. when AMT is enabled on the system), it is possible
> to take an extended period of time to for the driver to acquire the sw/fw/hw
> hardware semaphore used to protect against concurrent access of a shared
> resource (e.g. PHY registers).  This could cause PHY registers to not get
> configured properly resulting in link issues.
> 
> 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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