netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC] igb: Fix false positive return of igb_get_auto_rd

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Date:	Tue, 5 Jul 2011 07:31:05 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@...csson.com>
To:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
CC:	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	"Wyborny, Carolyn" <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>,
	"Duyck, Alexander H" <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
	"Ronciak, John" <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	"e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tong Ho <tong.ho@...csson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] igb: Fix false positive return of
 igb_get_auto_rd_done for 82580

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 05:17:26PM -0400, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-06-21 at 12:02 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > From: Tong Ho <tong.ho@...csson.com>
> > 
> > 82580 re-reads the port specific portion of eeprom after port reset.
> > If called immediately after a reset, igb_get_auto_rd_done() returns
> > false positive because the done bit has yet to transition from 1 to 0.
> > 
> > Add wrfl() immediately after resetting 82580 port or device,
> > plus a 1ms delay, to avoid the problem.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Tong Ho <tong.ho@...csson.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@...csson.com>
> > ---
> > Sent as RFC since I am not entirely sure if the solution is the
> > correct one
> > to address the problem we are seeing. If there is a better solution,
> > please
> > let me know. 
> 
> Thank you for the suggested patch.  Carolyn is the maintainer for igb
> and we will look into this issue you are seeing and the suggested fix. 

Hi Jeff and Carolyn,

Any update ?

Thanks,
Guenter
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