netdev - Re: [net-2.6 PATCH] ixgbe: Power down PHY during driver resets

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20100427.101849.91330635.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:18:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com
Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH] ixgbe: Power down PHY during driver resets

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:38:15 -0700

> From: Peter Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
> 
> The PHY laser is still on during driver init.  It's allowing
> garbage to hit our FIFO, which eventually can cause the entire
> device to die.  Power down the laser while setting up the device,
> and re-enable the laser before getting link.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html