netdev - Re: [net-next-2.6 08/08] r8169: more 8168dp support.

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Message-ID: <20110104235335.GA6161@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date:	Wed, 5 Jan 2011 00:53:35 +0100
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	hayeswang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"'Ben Hutchings'" <benh@...ian.org>
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 08/08] r8169: more 8168dp support.

hayeswang <hayeswang@...ltek.com> :
[...]
> When doing reset, the nic has to notify the embedded system and wait a response.
> However, maybe the system accesses the same register at the same time, so the
> embedded system and the driver implement the same method of software mutex to
> prevent this situation.

Thanks for the information.

I have found no 8168dp in my collection. A volunteer to test this patch with
the relevant hardware would be welcome.

-- 
Ueimor
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