netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net] bnx2x: Configure device endianity on driver load and reset endianity on removal.

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Date:	Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:55:26 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	manish.chopra@...gic.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Ariel.Elior@...gic.com,
	Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] bnx2x: Configure device endianity on driver
 load and reset endianity on removal.

From: Manish Chopra <manish.chopra@...gic.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 04:31:25 -0400

> Some hosts can be both little and big endian.
> In certain scenarios a big endian kernel can kexec a little endian kernel.
> 
> This patch fixes this case from both ends:
> 1) Return endianity to original values on shutdown (in case little endian kernel boots after we shutdown).
> 2) Do not rely on HW reset values when loading driver in little endian kernel
>    but configure them explicitly (in case previous kernel was big endian and did not reset the HW).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Manish Chopra <manish.chopra@...gic.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <Ariel.Elior@...gic.com>

Applied.
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