netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/5] e1000e: fix nic not boot after rebooting

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Date:	Mon, 15 Dec 2014 09:48:05 +0100
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	Zhu Yanjun <zyjzyj2000@...il.com>,
	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Zhu Yanjun <Yanjun.Zhu@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] e1000e: fix nic not boot after rebooting

Hello,

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 04:39:09PM +0800, Zhu Yanjun wrote:
> With kernel 2.6.x, e1000e with 82577/8/9 sometimes will not boot
> after rebooting. 
> 
> If a kernel 2.6.x board with 82577/8/9 e1000e nic is rebooted for 
> 100 times, there are 7~8 times that 82577/8/9 e1000e nic will not boot 
> normally.
> 
> Zhu Yanjun (5):
>   e1000e: reset MAC-PHY interconnect on 82577/82578
>   e1000e: workaround EEPROM configuration change on 82579 on kernel
>     2.6.x
>   e1000e: do not toggle LANPHYPC value bit when PHY reset is blocked
>   e1000e: update workaround for 82579 intermittently disabled during
>     S0->Sx
>   e1000e: cleanup use of check_reset_block function pointer

Great, thanks! Jeff/Bruce, do you have any objection against me applying
these fixes to 2.6.32 ?

Thanks,
Willy

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