netdev - Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 5/5] e1000e: fix and commonize code for setting the receive address registers

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Message-Id: <20100108.003957.154464999.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:39:57 -0800 (PST)
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 5/5] e1000e: fix and commonize code for setting
 the receive address registers

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:32:13 -0800

> From: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
> 
> Fix e1000e_rar_set() to flush consecutive register writes to avoid write
> combining which some parts cannot handle.  Update e1000e_init_rx_addrs()
> to call the fixed e1000e_rar_set() instead of duplicating code.
> 
> Also change e1000e_rar_set() to _not_ set the Address Valid bit if the MAC
> address is all zeros.
> 
> 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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