netdev - Re: [PATCH] net-tg3: Initialize REG_BASE_ADDR at PCI config offset 120 to 0

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Message-ID: <1386623253.1752.6.camel@LTIRV-MCHAN1.corp.ad.broadcom.com>
Date:	Mon, 9 Dec 2013 13:07:33 -0800
From:	Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
CC:	Natarajan Gurumoorthy <natg@...gle.com>, <nsujir@...adcom.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net-tg3: Initialize REG_BASE_ADDR at PCI config offset
 120 to 0

On Tue, 2013-12-10 at 00:18 +0300, Sergei Shtylyov wrote: 
> >        We had crashes when the PCI config space got scanned via
> > /sys/devices/pcixxxx/....../config.
> 
> > I agree that this fix will not help if the scan happens before the tg3
> > driver gets loaded.
> 
>     Then perhaps a better place for such fixup would be a PCI quirk?
> 
Yes, I agree.  Thanks.

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